Mat Item Number: E13111-2 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "SAPPORO MUS. 1/26/95."Note, object was catalogued as Port Townsend, Washington, which is where collector Swan was based at that time. The accession record lists "Specimens of table mats from Sitka." as part of this accession. This object may be one of those pieces, and thus possibly Tlingit?A list in Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 186, Box 11, Distribution 5103, indicates a mat and three baskets catalogue number 13111 were sent as part of an exchange to the Annecy Museum, Haute-Savoie, France, March 1887.
Item History
- Made in Port Townsend, Washington, USA ? or Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected by James G. Swan in Port Townsend, Washington, USA ? or Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Received during 1874
What
- Name
- Mat
- Identification Number
- E13111-2
- Type of Item
- mat
Who
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Port Townsend, Washington, USA ? or Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected in
- Port Townsend, Washington, USA ? or Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003284