Cedar Bark Neck Ring
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
collected late 1920s-1945
Cedar bark and red wool
Overall: 48 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (124 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer and the Meltzer Gallery
159.1.14317
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Axel Rasmussen (about 1887-1945), probably in the 1920's and 1930's; [possibly collected by Earl Stendahl (1887-1966) [dealer], Los Angeles, California]; sold to Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; sold to Doris Meltzer (1908-1977), Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1959.
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