Figure, Shaman's Guardsman With Base Item Number: 19/378 from the American Museum of Natural History

Exhibitions

OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE (CENTER FOR INTER-AMER. RELATIONS AND AMER FEDERATION OF ARTS, , USA, 1978)

Publications

TANGIBLE VISIONS. WARDWELL, ALLEN, 1996
SPIRITS LIKE THE SOUND OF THE RATTLE AND DRUM: GEORGE THORNTON EMMONS' COLLECTION OF TLINGIT SHAMANS' KITS. ILIFF, BARBARA ELIZABETH DISSERTATION, 1994
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: SECOND EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978
OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.FIRST EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978, Publisher: THE CENTER FOR INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE ARTS
UNDER MOUNT ST. ELIAS: THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE YAKUTAT TLINGIT. DE LAGUNA, FREDERICA, 7, 1972
ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. HARNER, M.J. AND A.B. ELSASSER EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1965

Item History

What

Name
Figure, Shaman's Guardsman With Base
Identification Number
19/378
Type of Item
figure
Material
wood, pigment, feather, hair, metal and operculum
Overall
length 31.0 cm, width 19.0 cm, height 59.0 cm, length 48.0 cm, width 23.5 cm, height 15.0 cm

Who

Culture
Tlingit: Yakutat
Received from
George T. Emmons

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
Yakutat, Yakutat Borough, Alaska, USA