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Messenger
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Messenger

Date1980
Object number2009.52.67
Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions34 x 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (86.4 x 21.6 x 19.1 cm)
MediumCedar and conch shell
Vishnu Conch
Vishnu Conch
Indian
17th century
Object number: 57.122
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Buddhist ritual shell trumpet
ca. 1750-1850
Object number: 33.703
Prayer wheel
Prayer wheel
20th century
Object number: 44.218
Photo: Paul Macapia
'Kaakanél (Bent-corner dish with Orca design)
Native American, Kadyisdu.axch', Tlingit, Kiks.adi clan
ca. 1820
Object number: 91.1.56
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
The End of the Ancestors
Gerald Bruce subiyay Miller
1992
Object number: 2009.23
Photo: Paul Macapia
Gyaa.angaa
ca. 1890
Object number: 91.1.44
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Signs and Messengers
Mark Tobey
1967
Object number: 67.119
Photo: Scott Leen
Archaeology Pack Basket with Tumpline
Ed Carriere
2022
Object number: 2022.36
Aam’halait (Shaman’s soul catcher)
Aam’halait (Shaman’s soul catcher)
Preston Singletary
2000
Object number: 2000.53
Photo: Susan Cole
Blanket Stories: Three Sisters, Four Pelts, Sky Woman, Cousin Rose, and All My Relations
Marie Watt
2007
Object number: 2007.41
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
The First People
Susan Point
2008
Object number: 2008.31
Photo: Scott Leen
Obos No.15
George Tsutakawa
1961
Object number: 2022.37