James G. Swan drawings of a Tlingit house and salmon carving
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 129776
name: label: Creator
content: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
place: label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Swan, James G., 1818-1900
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: James G. Swan drawings of a Tlingit house and salmon carving
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: James Gilchrist Swan (1818–1900) was an American writer, artist, collector of Native American artifacts, and political advisor who is known for his study of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Born in Massachusetts, he spent most of his adult life in the Washington Territory.  His prolific writing documented both pioneer society and indigenous cultures. The Smithsonian Institution hired Swan to collect Pacific Northwest Coast artifacts for the 1876 world's fair in Philadelphia, the 1884 fair in London, and the 1893 exposition in Chicago. Swan died in Port Townsend in 1900.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Drawings (visual works)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1874 March-1878 June
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were found in the USNM collections. No accession number has been located.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS129776
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Watercolors
label: Type
content: Works of art
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of two (2) drawings by James Gilcrest Swan.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds additional drawings by James G. Swan in MS 3987 and MS 76608.