Drawings of Tlingit objects in Department of Anthropology collections
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
label: Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Alaska
creator: label: Artist
content: Unknown
label: Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Drawings of Tlingit objects in Department of Anthropology collections
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Drawings (visual works) (ink)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1894
container: label: Container
content: 75085 / 76603 / 76607 / 76608, Folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The provenance of the collection is unknown.  The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS75085
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of five (5) drawings of objects currently held by the Department of Anthropology.  The objects were donated to the United States National Museum by George T. Emmons in 1894.


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