Soapberry spoon
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Possible owner
content: Gush Tlein (Chief Shakes VI/Chief Shaikes), Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Collector
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) at an unknown date from Chief Shakes (probably Gush Tlein, Chief Shakes VI, who held the title Chief Shakes from 1878 until his passing in 1916); purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1913.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Food/Beverage Serving
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 3/3619
label: Barcode
content: 033619.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food/Beverage Serving
label: Indigenous Term
content: shál
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Soapberry spoon
label: Media/Materials
content: Hardwood
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 44 x 4.8 x 1.5 cm