MANDIBLE
Name/Title
MANDIBLEEntry/Object ID
143/5862Description
HUMAN JAW BONE WITH SEVEN TEETH/BARNACLE ON ONE TOOTH, REMAINS OF MEDICINE MAN RECOVERED BY MISSIONARY AFTER SHAMAN'S REMAINS WERE THROWN IN THE SEA. Bone is very heavy. Right side: canine, premolar 2, molar 1, and molar 2 present. Left side: canine broken at root, molar 1, 2, and 3 present. Barnacle on molar 3 (left) and molar 2 (right)Made/Created
Place
Continent
North AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
State/Province
AlaskaCulture/Tribe
Tlingit
Native American, First Nation