Model Of Carved Stone Ornament Item Number: E229550-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Model of Catalogue No. E45968 made in the Anthropology Lab for exhibit purposes. Original is from Chilkat Tlingit, Alaska.No catalog card found in card fileAnthropology Catalogue ledger book indicates this is a model of artifact E45968, modeled by the Anthropology Laboratory for exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. The ledger lists the name of C.R. Luscombe, who is the model maker.Illus. Fig. 72 p. 71 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Identified there as killer whale amulet.
Item History
- Made in USA
- Collected in USA
- Received from Department Of Anthropology on February 20, 1904
What
- Name
- Model Of Carved Stone Ornament
- Identification Number
- E229550-0
- Type of Item
- ornament model
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- “N/A” ?
- Received from
- Department Of Anthropology
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- USA
- Collected in
- USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on February 20, 1904
Other
- Accession Number
- 042313