Carved Iron Knife And Sheath Item Number: E20831-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: HANNEGAN INDS. REMARKS: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 24, FIG. 101; P. 278. *HANNEGAN INDIANS. KLAWARK VILLAGE, PRINCE WALES IS. (HENYA TLINGIT). ALT SPELLING: HANEGA. HANNEGAS. SEE HODGE, HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIANS." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CARVING TOOL AND SHEATH.---LONG CURVED HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY. BLADE OF IRON RIVETED TO THE HANDLE. SHEATH OF LEATHER. LENGTH, 17 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 3/4 INCHES. ESKIMO [sic] OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,831. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies Catalogue #s E20827 and E20911 as Swan original # 61. List in accession file identifies # 61 as "1 box containing complete outfit of an Indian medicine man, Hannegan Indians, Klawark village, P. of Wales Island, Alaska." Catalogue Nos. E20828 - 38 may be related objects?
Item History
- Made in Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hannegan
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Klawock, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730