Food masher
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Catherine Snook Skan (Kitty Snook Skan/Katherine "Katie" Skan/Catherine "Kitty" Skan/Katherine Sam), Tlingit, 1852-1941
label: Previous owner
content: Sarah Peratrovich Wigg (Mrs. Fred Wigg/Sara Peratrovich Wigg), Tlingit, 1902-1975
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous seller
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous owner
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
label: Previous owner
content: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
label: Seller
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
label: Seller
content: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Catherine Snook Skan (b. 1852), mother of Sarah Peratrovich Wigg (Mrs. Fred Wigg, 1902-1975, a Tlingit informant for Axel Rasmussen and George T. Emmons); acquired by Sarah Peratrovich Wigg at an unknown date; acquired from Mrs. Wigg in 1931 by Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1591
label: Barcode
content: 211591.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Food masher
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised