Totem pole
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Walter C. Waters (Walter Charles Waters), Non-Indian, 1874-1943
label: Previous owner
content: Mabel E. Waters (Mrs. Walter C. Waters), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Bear Totem Store
label: Seller agent
content: Mabel E. Waters (Mrs. Walter C. Waters), Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Bear Totem Store
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Walter C. and Mabel E. Waters (proprietors of the Bear Totem Store, Wrangell, Alaska); purchased by MAI from the Bear Totem Store and Mrs. Waters in 1948 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1577
label: Barcode
content: 211577.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Totem pole
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted