Name/Title
Tile, DecorativeEntry/Object ID
1968.025.025Description
Decorative tile handmade by Igloo Potters of Wrangell. Traditional Tlingit Tinneh image, cast from a mold, orange-brown (seinna color) mat glaze covering entire tinneh shaped tile. Simplified totemic design of a Tinnah or copper shield decorated with possible beaver at top, and human head with headdress below. The Tina or Tenaa was a Tlingit traditional symbol of wealth and status. (Multiple spellings exist). Large shield shape. $3.50 price on back. Unglazed backside is white. Ceramic. Pottery. Repaired, fragile. Tena.