Seal And Fish Club Item Number: E224418-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "OF WOOD. SHAPED AND ORNAMENTALLY CARVED TO REPRESENT A SEA LION. CARRIED IN HUNTING AND FISHING CANOE TO KILL SEALS OR LARGE FISH BEFORE HAULING THEM INTO THE CANOE. LENT TO THE MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA, MAY 18, 1964." Loan returned 2012.
Item History
- Made in Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA during 1903
- Received on December 30, 1903
What
- Name
- Seal And Fish Club
- Identification Number
- E224418-0
- Type of Item
- club
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Stikine
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Fort Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1903
- Acquisition Date
- on December 30, 1903
Other
- Accession Number
- 042081