Necklace

The Burke: University of Washington

2017-95/23

The paint is black, red, and white.


  • Type of Item necklace
  • Culture Kwakwaka'wakw
  • Material cedar wood, cedar bark, string, dentalium shell, paint
  • Manufacturing Technique carved, painted, strung
  • Measurements length 14.5 in, width 4.0 in, depth 1.0 in (overall)

  • Creator Shawn Karpes
  • Received from Milton B. Rubin



  • Credit Gift in memory of Ruth A. Rubin
  • Motif Human Face
  • Collection Burke Museum Ethnology Collection