Carved Relief Panel, Bottom Of Totem-Post Item Number: E74331-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
E74330 and E74331 are probably the objects referred to in a John J. McLean letter dated October 15, 1884, filed in the accession file. McLean writes: "I enclose herewith bill for two large pieces of carved wood. The pieces are cut from the top of the broad corner posts of the regularly built Indian house. These specimens are the only ones to be found in the Ranche at Sitka ..." Culture for E74330 had been listed as Tlingit? on its catalogue card. Culture for E74331 has also been changed to that designation.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1884
- Received on December 27, 1884
What
- Name
- Carved Relief Panel, Bottom Of Totem-Post
- Identification Number
- E74331-0
- Type of Item
- carving
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1884
- Acquisition Date
- on December 27, 1884
Other
- Accession Number
- 015504