Pipe Showing A Thinket Myth Item Number: E16310-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "A SEAL HATCHING FROM AN EGG."Per Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 625, object is described as "Pipe illustrating Thlinket myth, seal hatching from an egg, Sitka. W. H. Dall [collector]."Ruth Demmert, elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Ruth agrees with the record that this object represents a Klagu myth/legend.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Pipe Showing A Thinket Myth
- Identification Number
- E16310-0
- Type of Item
- pipe
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Sitka
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall
- 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