Carved Wooden Pipe, from a grave Item Number: E76644-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Description of this object in accession record: "Pipe: Carving representing the 'Killer Fish Man', bowl piece of old musket barrel. Found in grave of Medicine Man 'Shu-an' [i.e. Shaman] in SE Alaska. 'Klinket.' "Per Tommy Joseph, 6-2-2009, carved design includes a salmon.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. U S N Timothy D. Bolles in Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on November 12, 1885
What
- Name
- Carved Wooden Pipe, from a grave
- Identification Number
- E76644-0
- Type of Item
- pipe
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Lt. U S N Timothy D. Bolles
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on November 12, 1885
Other
- Accession Number
- 016771