Carved Bone Charm Item Number: E43249-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BONE OR IVORY CARVING (SHAMAN'S CHARM).---THE MIDDLE PORTION SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES THE BODY OF A MARINE WORM (NEREIS), IN HAVING LATERAL APPENDAGES. THE ENDS REPRESENT GROTESQUE HEADS, THE LONGER ONE BEING SPLIT AFTER THE FASHION OF A CLOWN'S BATON. SITKA, ALASKA, 1880. COLLECTED BY COM. L. A. BEARDSLEE, U. S. N. ."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Commander Lester A. Beardslee in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on September 7, 1880
What
- Name
- Carved Bone Charm
- Identification Number
- E43249-0
- Type of Item
- charm
Who
- Field Collector
- Commander Lester A. Beardslee
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
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
- on September 7, 1880
Other
- Accession Number
- 009256