Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

TD TIKI DAVID Member North Coast/ DEAD Joined: Apr 07, 2004 Posts: 1961	TD TIKI DAVID Posted posted on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 12:58 PM On 2011-10-31 12:54, Trader Tom wrote: On 2011-10-31 08:52, TIKI DAVID wrote: I could use a little help with this one Figure of Land-Otter-Man, used on the prow of a large war canoe pointing towards the safe direction. He rescues the souls of drowning people and turns them into land otters. Tlingit Culture, 1825-1875. From Chilkroot, Alaska. Cedar wood, abalone, human hair. See photo below from National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: DAMN GUY! ,that was fast . thank you very much.

On 2011-10-31 12:54, Trader Tom wrote:

On 2011-10-31 08:52, TIKI DAVID wrote:
I could use a little help with this one

Figure of Land-Otter-Man, used on the prow of a large war canoe pointing towards the safe direction. He rescues the souls of drowning people and turns them into land otters. Tlingit Culture, 1825-1875. From Chilkroot, Alaska. Cedar wood, abalone, human hair.

See photo below from National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC:

DAMN GUY! ,that was fast . thank you very much.

Post #612246 by TIKI DAVID on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 12:58 PM