Bone Mourning Armlets

Item number E16307-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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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.