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Plain, rounded, shallow bowl spoon. Carved from a single piece of wood; undecorated.
Model canoe with central mast. There are two figures, one standing and one seated. The seated figure is holding a paddle and has a bailer at his feet. Decoration on outer walls of the canoe are in red and black; figures are decorated in brown, red, black,and green. Repaired.
The dye is brown.
The dye is orange, green, purple, and blue.
The paint is red and black.
FROM CARD: "[Only] ONE HALF SHOWN IN [Anthropology catalogue ledger book] DRAWING."Object has rows of fringe, and painted red and black formline design panels on two borders. Cylindrical red beads on ends of some of fringes.Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.Florence Sheakley and Shirley Kendall, both Tlingit elders, made the following commentsduring the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This object is a cape that comes from Kagwaantan clan and has an identical wolf crest design on both ends.
FROM CARD: "PLAIN WEAVING."
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 is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection