Collector:

Sgt. John J. McLean  Search this

Donor Name:

Sgt. John J. McLean  Search this

Culture:

Tlingit, Hutsnuwu  Search this

Object Type:

Dish

Place:

Admiralty Island (not certain) / Killisnoo Island (not certain) / Kootznahoo (Killisnoo?, Angoon?), Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America

Accession Date:

23 Jun 1882

Collection Date:

1881

Notes:

Alan Zuboff, Shirley Kendall, and Ruth Demmert made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit. This object could have been used as a serving dish for food, and you can still smell the seal oil on this object. This is possibly from Kaach.adi clan from Admiralty Islands (rv_Tlingit_2017_0320_008; 4:30).

Record Last Modified:

23 Aug 2021

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

011616

USNM Number:

E60168-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32e770b99-1b00-458f-a4d1-fd4455b3ed97

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8470321