Carved Bone Ornament Item Number: E9938-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Note: This object is identified on catalogue card as being from the "Kutznoo" Tlingit. In the accession record information from the donor "Kutznoo" is spelled "Kootznoo" (a.k.a. Kootznahoo). Accession record calls this "Piece of bone carving, charm carried on breast, Kootznoo tribe of Indians" and also gives latitude and longitude - Lat 57° 30' N, Long 134° - 21'-30 W.
Item History
- Made in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected by Capt. John A. Henriques in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ? during 1869
- Received during 1870
What
- Name
- Carved Bone Ornament
- Identification Number
- E9938-0
- Type of Item
- ornament
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
- Field Collector
- Capt. John A. Henriques
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1869
- Acquisition Date
- during 1870
Other
- Accession Number
- 70A00001