Stone Object Item Number: E378200-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Made of heavy micaceous schist; made in shape of ulu with hole for grip but too heavy and blunt; has the appearance of having been made quite recently. Illus. in The Far North catalog, Nat. Gall. of Art, 1973, p. 197. [Identified there as possibly a chopper.] The collector had thought this was from the Kolushan people."
Item History
- Made in Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Axel Rasmussen in Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from Mary M. Walcott on November 9, 1936
What
- Name
- Stone Object
- Identification Number
- E378200-0
- Type of Item
- chopper
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Axel Rasmussen
- Received from
- Mary M. Walcott
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on November 9, 1936
Other
- Accession Number
- 141615