Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: 1820-1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit [Hutsnuwu]
label: Previous owner
content: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), 1869-
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) between 1884 and 1893; purchased from George Emmons by the American Museum of Natural History in 1894; exchanged back to George Emmons in 1922; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1922.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Grave house of "Gsark-sate," a doctor on the Chilkat River; Angoon; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Admiralty Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit [Hutsnuwu]
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 11/1820
label: Barcode
content: 111820.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone, deer antler, abalone/haliotis shell
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid, perforated