Bladder-Inflator Item Number: E168367-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 31 on list) appears to attribute this to the Chilkat Tlingit. List identifies object as "Hollow bone, the leg bone of a [birg?, bird?] ... used to inflate bladders to be used as halibut floats."
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- Bladder-Inflator
- Identification Number
- E168367-0
- Type of Item
- float nozzle
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072