House post from the Dís hít (Moonhouse) of the Kwac'kwan clan
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1830
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Marie Heye Clemens (Mrs. James B. Clemens), Non-Indian, 1869-1943
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly installed at the Moon House (Dís hít) at Lost River, Alaska, and subsequently at Port Mulgrave in Yakutat Bay, Alaska; after 1890 it was moved to a village on Khantaak Island (wherever the posts were installed was called the "Moon house"); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1930 using funds donated by George Heye's sister, Marie Heye Clemens (Mrs. James B. Clemens, 1869-1943).
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place: label: Place
content: Khantaak Island; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
label: Archipelago
content: Gulf of Alaska Islands
label: Island Name
content: Khantaak Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Architecture/Housing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 17/8012
label: Barcode
content: 178012.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Architecture/Housing
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: House post from the Dís hít (Moonhouse) of the Kwac'kwan clan
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 244.5 x 79.4 cm