Wooden Halibut Float, Carved, Sea Otter Item Number: E60184-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Originally catalogued as carved in the form of a seal, but reidentified as representing a sea otter by Stephen Loring in 2007. Otters typically float on their backs with hands together like this.
Item History
- Made in Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ? during 1881
- Received on June 23, 1882
What
- Name
- Wooden Halibut Float, Carved, Sea Otter
- Identification Number
- E60184-0
- Type of Item
- float
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected in
- Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Acquisition Date
- on June 23, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 011616