Knife sheath
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tahltan; collected from the Tlingit
label: Collector
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
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: Said to have been owned by a Tahltan shaman; collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1906.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Wrangell; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Wrangell Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tahltan
label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 9308
label: Barcode
content: 009308.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Knife sheath
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, wool cloth, dentalium shell/shells, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, loom beadwork , overlay beadwork