Carved Totemic-Column Item Number: E56445-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "$10.00. THE BEAR, BEAVER & OWL." SWAN'S ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LIST IN ACCESSION RECORD IDENTIFIES THIS OBJECT AS "CARVED TOTEMIC COLUMN. THE BEAR, BEAVER AND OWL. IN FRONT OF CHIEFS HOUSE, KLEMMAKOAN, PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO, ALASKA - KYGANI BRANCH OF THE HAIDA FAMILY OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, B.C." KLEMMAKOAN (THE NAME SWAN USED FOR KLINKWAN) WAS MISTRANSCRIBED IN TYPED ACCESSION LIST AND IN ANTHROPOLOGY CATALOGUE LEDGER BOOK AS BLEMMAKOAN. - F. PICKERING 6-23-1999
Item History
- Made in Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA during 1882
- Received on November 14, 1882
What
- Name
- Carved Totemic-Column
- Identification Number
- E56445-0
- Type of Item
- figure
Who
- Culture
- Haida and Kaigani
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Klinkwan, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1882
- Acquisition Date
- on November 14, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 012054