Carved Stone Ornament Item Number: E45968-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

Notes

E229550 is a wooden copy of this artifact made for exhibit purposes. E229550 was illus. Fig. 72 p. 71 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Identified there as killer whale amulet.

Item History

What

Name
Carved Stone Ornament
Identification Number
E45968-0
Type of Item
ornament

Who

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Field Collector
Sgt. John J. McLean

Where

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Collected in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?

When

Collection Date
during 1881
Acquisition Date
on December 10, 1881

Other

Accession Number
010803