Gambling set
date: label: Date created
content: 1860-1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit [Stikine]; collected from the Chilkat Tlingit
label: Possible owner
content: Kaawishté (Chief Shakes V), Tlingit
label: Possible owner
content: Gush Tlein (Chief Shakes VI/Chief Shaikes), 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: Formerly owned by Chief Shakes (probably Kaawishté, Chief Shakes V, who held the title Chief Shakes until his passing in 1878, or Gush Tlein, Chief Shakes VI, who held the title from 1878 until his passing in 1916); transferred to a Kaagwaantaan (Raven/Brown Bear) clan chief of the Chilkat at an unknown date; collected from the Chilkat chief by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899); purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1907.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Klukwan; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit [Stikine]
label: See related items
content: Chilkat Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/2533
label: Barcode
content: 012533.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Gambling set
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, paint, sinew, caribou hide/skin, ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, pyroengraved, painted, sewn, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 15.5 x 18 x 7 cm