Carving Item Number: E274167-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Represents Jonah and the whale? Of gray slate blackened with plumbago. Carving represents a whale with human being in interior."Note: the term "plumbago" has been used for a variety of substances. In the past it was often used as the common term for the mineral graphite, which may be its meaning here.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Gov John G. Brady in Alaska, USA between 1878 and 1909
- Received from Mrs. Edward H. Harriman on June 7, 1912
What
- Name
- Carving
- Identification Number
- E274167-0
- Type of Item
- carving
Who
- Culture
- Indian
- Field Collector
- Gov John G. Brady
- Received from
- Mrs. Edward H. Harriman
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1878 and 1909
- Acquisition Date
- on June 7, 1912
Other
- Accession Number
- 054171