Large Leather Cloak Or Robe With Painted Design Item Number: E74440-1 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From Card: "Illus. in USNM AR, 1893, pl 22, p 644... fig 2."Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.Shirley Kendall and Alan Zuboff made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. The robe is made of moose-hide and is not smoked.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1884
- Received on December 27, 1884
What
- Name
- Large Leather Cloak Or Robe With Painted Design
- Identification Number
- E74440-1
- Type of Item
- robe
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
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
- during 1884
- Acquisition Date
- on December 27, 1884
Other
- Accession Number
- 015504