House Model Item Number: E18905-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "18905-6. BOTH SPECIMENS BADLY DAMAGED. IDENTIFIED, REPAIRED AND PARTIALLY RESTORED IN 1969. #18905 - PAINTED FRONT AND CARVED AND PAINTED CORNER POSTS."Per Robin Wright, Burke Museum, 4-12-2012, this is an unusual model with wooden coppers on the corner posts and a set of figures that go with it, Tlingit in style. (The figures are Catalogue No. E18907-0).
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1875
What
- Name
- House Model
- Identification Number
- E18905-0
- Type of Item
- house model
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Sitka
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1875
Other
- Accession Number
- 004126