Copper Ornament Item Number: E60648-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "PLAIN, NO DECORATION. FORM OF THE TRADITIONAL "COPPER". REF. DAWSON, "HAIDA INDIANS OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISL.," CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROVISIONAL REPORT 1878, FIG. 135 B."In a letter dated September 8, 1881 filed in Accession No. 11616, in the postscript to the letter McLean says "I send by this mail a copper shield made by a Hoochenoo [Hutsnuwu Tlingit] Indian from native copper, and said to antedate the Russian occupation of Alaska. This curiosity is sent with the compliments of Mr. Carl Spuhn Manager NW Trdg. Co. [Northwest Trading Company] S.E. Alaska." It is possible this refers to E60648 (or E67947)?
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Alaska, USA during 1881
- Received on November 3, 1882
What
- Name
- Copper Ornament
- Identification Number
- E60648-0
- Type of Item
- ornament
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Acquisition Date
- on November 3, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 012010