Snuff Pestle, Not Now In Use Item Number: E16386-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Per Anthropology catalogue ledger book and Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 611, collector is [Captain] A. [Amos] T. Whitford, and object was formerly used by the Sitka Tlingit.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall and Captain Amos T. Whitford in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Snuff Pestle, Not Now In Use
- Identification Number
- E16386-0
- Type of Item
- pestle
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Sitka
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall and Captain Amos T. Whitford
- Received from
- U.S. Coast Survey
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003195