Stone Hammer With Wooden Handle (Ancient) Item Number: E16387-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
REPLACEMENT CARD: INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983.Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 624, describes this object as "stone hammer, formerly in use among Sitka Thlinkets." Dall also notes that he had about six inches sawed off the handle, to pack it better.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Stone Hammer With Wooden Handle (Ancient)
- Identification Number
- E16387-0
- Type of Item
- hammer
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Sitka
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall
- Received from
- U.S. Coast Survey
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
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003195