Harpoon head
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Sarah Peratrovich Wigg (Mrs. Fred Wigg/Sara Peratrovich Wigg), Tlingit, 1902-1975
label: Previous owner
content: Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
label: Previous owner
content: Susie Jones (Mrs. Charlie Jones/Mrs. Chief Shakes/Susie Mary Talltan), Tlingit, ca. 1873-1958
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous seller
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous owner
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
label: Previous owner
content: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
label: Seller
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
label: Seller
content: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
notes: label: Collection History
content: Items in this set were acquired by Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) from different sources at different times: from the Hudson Bay Fur Company (later called The Alaska Fur Company, Seattle, Washington) in 1929; from Sarah Peratrovich Wigg (Mrs. Fred Wigg, 1902-1975, a Tlingit informant for Axel Rasmussen and George T. Emmons) in 1931; from Mrs. Chief Shakes (probably the wife of Charlie Jones, Chief Shakes VII, the hereditary chief of the "Nan-yii-ee" [Naanya.aayí] clan of the Stikine area, who held the title Chief Shakes from 1916 until his passing in 1944) in 1931; and from an unknown source in 1932; all were lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: "'Old Town" 21 miles south of Wrangell; Wrangell; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Wrangell Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1667
label: Barcode
content: 211667.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Harpoon head
label: Media/Materials
content: Iron point
label: Techniques
content: Barbed