Tomkins Collection

Amulet

TC 159
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, December 2, 1998: lot 454
Dimensions: H. 8 cm
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This amulet, of a shaman holding a rattle (typically used in a healing ritual and connected at the tongue with a land otter, depicts the connection between a shaman and his animal spirit helper.

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