Basket Wallet Item Number: E290330-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: :"Cedar bark. Part of a bride's outfit." DR. ANDREA LAFORET, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN, OTTAWA, NOTED 1-7-85: "THOUGH TLINGIT IS WRITTEN ON OBJECT THIS MAY BE A TSIMSHIAN HOOD WORN BY A PUBESCENT GIRL. TWO COMPARABLE PIECES EXIST; ONE IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN, OTTAWA, THE OTHER IN THE FIELD MUSEUM, CHICAGO.""
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Mrs. Caroline E. Bates and Gen. Alfred E. Bates in Alaska, USA
- Received on April 26, 1916
What
- Name
- Basket Wallet
- Identification Number
- E290330-0
- Type of Item
- hood
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Tsimshian
- Field Collector
- Mrs. Caroline E. Bates and Gen. Alfred E. Bates
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 26, 1916
Other
- Accession Number
- 059652