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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 17373
- Date of Photo
- 1982
- World Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- State/Province
- Washington
- County/District
- Clallam
- Political Location
- Ozette
- Geographic Location
- Olympic Peninsula
- Archaeological Site Name
- Ozette
- Archaeological Site Number
- 45-Ca-24
- Period
- Late Archaic
- Description
- Whale fin effigy, carved of cedar and inset with 700 sea otter teeth, mostly molars. Along the edge, canine teeth were used to give a jagged appearance to the sculpture. At the bottom is the representation of a mythological bird. The function of this piece is unknown, but it is likely that it was associated with whaling rituals.
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- Vendor: Pictures of Record :: vendor_series
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- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4497 x 3173
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 23288
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-23288/23288
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"Whale fin effigy, carved of cedar and inset with 700 sea otter teeth, mostly molars. Along the edge, canine teeth were used to give a jagged appearance to the sculpture. At the bottom is the representation of a mythological bird. The function of this piece is unknown, but it is likely that it was associated with whaling rituals.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-23288/23288. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 08, 2024.