Dance-Carving Item Number: E74773-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From label in Swan's hand glued to artifact: "97 Combination dance carving illustrating ancient myth. Chilkat Indians, Alaska. J. G. Swan, Port Townsend, W.T. Dec. 1884."Listed on page 45 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Alaska, USA between 1883 and 1884
- Received on February 2, 1885
What
- Name
- Dance-Carving
- Identification Number
- E74773-0
- Type of Item
- carving
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1883 and 1884
- Acquisition Date
- on February 2, 1885
Other
- Accession Number
- 015690