Wood Carving: Figure Item Number: E13097-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
As of 2010, this object appears to be missing some of its parts/incomplete. It currently consists only of a carved and painted flat wooden bird figure. Back of figure appears to be marked possibly "Sitka" and $2.00. 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 bird" (though the figure of the man is not currently present). Accession record lists a price of $2.00 for that carving. Based on the Sitka locality, it is 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: Figure
- Identification Number
- E13097-0
- Type of Item
- figure
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