Paint Brush Item Number: ET714-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
HAS CATALOG CARD. Card indicates that there were originally 12 paint brushes with this T number, a number of which were illustrated in Plate XLV-B, after p. 320, of Niblack, USNM Annual Report for 1888. As of 2010, there are now 2 brushes only with this T number, ET714-0 and ET714-1 (some may now be part of ET11908?) Card indicates these are probably Tlingit, may be from S. E. Alaska? Handle of this brush is carved bone and wood; red paint still on brush bristles. Illus. Plate XLV-B, Fig. 254, after p. 320 in Niblack, USNM Annual Report for 1888. Niblack identified carved handle as representing "Oolalla, the mountain demon."
What
- Name
- Paint Brush
- Identification Number
- ET714-0
- Type of Item
- paint brush
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Received from
- “No Information” ?
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA ?
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1991
Other
- Accession Number
- 999999