Wood Carving: Rattle Item Number: E13098-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
The accession record lists a group of Sitka carvings as part of this accession. This object may be one of those pieces, possibly the one described as "man standing on whales back", and thus possibly Tlingit rather than Haida?
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected by James G. Swan in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Received during 1874
What
- Name
- Wood Carving: Rattle
- Identification Number
- E13098-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Haida ? or Tlingit ?
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003284