Pumice-Stone Item Number: E168346-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 9 on list) appears to attribute this to the Sitka Tlingit of Sitka. List identifies as "Pumice stone from the tool box of a carver in wood ... it is used for working down metal or for cleaning metal, tools, etc."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- Pumice-Stone
- Identification Number
- E168346-0
- Type of Item
- polishing stone
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Sitka
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072