Wooden Implement, Lip Ornament Item Number: E67943-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ONE (1) EXCHANGE: MR. GEORGE G. HEYE, 52 BROADWAY, N.Y.C. 11/12/1908. MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN CAT. NO. 2/376."Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1882
- Received on November 3, 1882
What
- Name
- Wooden Implement, Lip Ornament
- Identification Number
- E67943-0
- Type of Item
- labret
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 1882
- Acquisition Date
- on November 3, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 012009