House Post Item Number: E169101-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "LEDGER BOOK CALLS THIS "CARVED STATUE (SHAMAN'S GUARD)" AND ALSO COMMENTS "OLD. ONE OF THE TWO CORNER POSTS." THIS REPLACEMENT CATALOGUE CARD MADE 4/14/1989 FROM LEDGER BOOK AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUE ROWLEY [who identifies object as a house post].-F. PICKERING."Catalogue card lists a photo negative number of MNH2331 for this object, but that is an error; MNH2331 is a photo of a different object.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- House Post
- Identification Number
- E169101-0
- Type of Item
- house post
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072