Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Belle G. Simpson (Belle Goldstein Simpson/Mrs. Robert O.D. Simpson), Non-Indian, 1885-1985
label: Previous owner
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Exchanging Agent
content: Morton D. May (Buster May), Non-Indian, 1914-1983
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Belle Goldstein Simpson (Mrs. Robert O.D. Simpson, 1885-1985, owner of the Nugget Shop in Juneau, Alaska); acquired by Morton D. May (1914-1983, Native art collector) in the mid 1960s; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the May Company and Morton May in 1967.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Baranof Island
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: 23/9489
label: Barcode
content: 239489.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork