Paper Placemats from Code Talkers memorial potlatch Item Number: E435527-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Three printed paper placemats. Blue background, with a photo of Mark Jacobs, Jr., killer whale clan symbols, and the words "Dakl'aweidi Memorial - September 1 & 2, 2007 - Sitka, Alaska"This place mat is representative of the kinds of items provided at place settings for Tlingit memorial potlatches. This one as used at the potlatch of Mark Jacobs in 2007. It shows a photo of Jacobs wearing the NMNH Killer Whale Dakl'aweidi clan hat (formerly NMNH catalog number E230063) on January 2, 2005, when it was repatriated to him in a Sitka hospital. The two killer whale images on either side of his photo are the killer whales on Mark's clan house in Angoon; commonly called the "Killer Whales facing away house". This item shows how imagery at memorial potlatches honor the individual memorialized as well as their clan crest connections through their crest symbols."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from Harold Jacobs on April 3, 2018
What
- Name
- Paper Placemats from Code Talkers memorial potlatch
- Identification Number
- E435527-0
- Type of Item
- placemat
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Harold Jacobs
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- “1 Sep 2007 to 2 Sep 2007” ?
- Acquisition Date
- on April 3, 2018
Other
- Accession Number
- 2078919