Bone Mourning Armlets Item Number: E16307-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "THE INDIAN, SITKA JACK, CHIEF SENT THESE AS HIS OWN GIFT TO THE MUSEUM. (NATIONAL)."In Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 617, these objects are described as "Bone armlets, Tinneh natives of Upper Chilkaht R. (Presented to the S.I. by Sitka Jack, Indian Chief + interpreter, Sitka.)" Note that there is also an entry recorded under accession number 5273 for the year 1876 that may refer to these objects? It records a donation of Chilcat bone armlets from Sitka Jack. Sitka Jack may be this man?: Khaltseixh (Sitka Jack) (1836-1916), Tlingit L'uknax.ádi clan house leader and Indian policeman.Illus. Fig. 256 p. 250 in Van Kampen, Ukjese. 2012. The History of Yukon First Nations Art, Phd dissertation, Leiden University. https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/18984 . Van Kampen identifies as probably Southern Tutchone.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall in Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Bone Mourning Armlets
- Identification Number
- E16307-0
- Type of Item
- arm band
Who
- Culture
- Athabascan (Athabaskan), Tlingit and Sitka ?
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall
- Received from
- U.S. Coast Survey
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003195