Ancient Stone Maul Item Number: E20893-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1888, PL. 22, FIG. 86; P. 278. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG.11, PG. 2." FROM CARD: "STONE SLEDGE.---HANDLE OF WOOD, HEAD OF BASALT, WITH LASHING OF SPRUCE ROOT. KAIGANI INDIANS (SKITTAGETAN STOCK), PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,893. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN." SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. See p. 206-207 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright identifies this object as having been collected by James G. Swan from Duncan ginaawaan at Klinkwan in 1875.
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 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Ancient Stone Maul
- Identification Number
- E20893-0
- Type of Item
- hammer
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- 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 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730