Headdress Item Number: E46496-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
This object was catalogued in the Anthropology catalogue ledger book as Tlingit, Cook's Strait, Alaska. However, written on part of the object in Swan's hand is this information: "Thunder Bird Headdress made and worn by Aitl yu [??] Clyokwat Chief. Vancouver Island, B.C. - James G. Swan, Port Townsend, W.T. Sep. 8 1881." Also, an old tag on the artifact identifies it as "Nootka headdress for Hokoala. Ring of red wool in place of red cedar bark." It is unclear from records if E46496 and 46497 are related objects?
Item History
- Made in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ? or Alaska, USA ?
- Collected by James G. Swan in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ? or Alaska, USA ? on September 8, 1881
- Received on December 10, 1881
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- E46496-0
- Type of Item
- headdress
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?, Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) and Clayoquot ?
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ? or Alaska, USA ?
- Collected in
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ? or Alaska, USA ?
When
- Collection Date
- on September 8, 1881
- Acquisition Date
- on December 10, 1881
Other
- Accession Number
- 010841