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Cellphone case: First Dawn

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Object Details

Donor Name

Jennie Kappenman

Notes

As with the other Eighth Generation sold cases, this cellphone/mobile phone case was designed by the collective and the artist. The cellphone case is thermpoplastic resin with a maple and walnut face incised with a formline design in black outline that depicts a stylized raven with an abalone sphere held in it's beak, with rays (of light) radiating from the sphere. An impressed pattern is visible around the sides of the case. Portals created in the case provide access to phone buttons and plugs. "First Dawn" featuring raven formline design, "... tells the story of how Raven stole the sun and brought light to the world as told in Tsimshian oral histories about the creation of the world." (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0HwH792nc3Hjh4jMg5aWGuowKSfGvDZNnGC7NZZxZq1ZNRhyEmJ7JDyFzVfRpNVE9l&id=56763783990&_rdr)
E437481 and E437482 are identical.

Record Last Modified

11 Jul 2023

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Tsimshian (Ts'msyen)

Accession Number

2090185

USNM Number

E437482-0

Object Type

Cellphone case

Length

8.1 cm

Height

16.18 cm

Depth

1.09 cm

Place

Annette Island / Metlakatla, Ketchikan Quad / Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America

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Anthropology

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c15c0ab0-21c6-44a9-bda3-2d64d986f9b7

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_16792233
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