Hair ornament (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Skandoo (Skan-doo/Skundoo), Chilkat Tlingit
label: Possible collector
content: Stephen Sheldon, Non-Indian, 1885-1960
label: Previous owner
content: Stephen Sheldon, Non-Indian, 1885-1960
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: Formerly owned by Skandoo (a Tlingit shaman in Haines, Alaska); acquired by Stephen Sheldon (1885-1960, a collector, storekeeper, and deputy U.S. Marshal in Haines, Alaska) at an unknown date; given or sold to Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) in 1932; 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: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
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: 21/1662
label: Barcode
content: 211662.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Hair ornament (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Human hair, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, thread
label: Techniques
content: Bead-wrapped, tied