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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2007-0006-0001   CAS 2007-0006-0001; Pin
Category Bead & Leatherwork; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Pin
Culture Koyukon Athabascan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data Village: Huslia
Maker's Name Selina Alexander (b. 1956)
Date of Manufacture 2007
Collection Name N/A
Materials Smoked moose hide; Caribou hair; Glass or plastic beads; Thread; Metal: Steel pin
Description Pin consisting of round piece of smoked moose hike decorated with single floral motif of tufted and trimmed caribou hair and edged in blue and white seed beads; Three looped strands of blue, white, and amber-colored beads in several sizes and shapes hang pendant from the bottom of the pin; Commercial steel clasp pin is pierced through the hide covering on the back; Reverse of pin is signed in ink, “By Selina 8-2007.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.0, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 10.0