Shaman's hair ornament (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Earl L. Stendahl (Earl Leopold Stendahl), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
label: Previous owner
content: Stendahl Galleries (Stendahl Gallery), 1911-
label: Previous owner
content: Portland Art Museum, 1892-
label: Previous owner
content: Meltzer Gallery
label: Seller
content: Meltzer Gallery
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); purchased from his estate by Earl Stendahl (1888-1966) of the Stendahl Galleries (Hollywood, California) circa 1947; purchased by the Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon) from Earl Stendahl in 1948; purchased by the Meltzer Gallery (New York City) in 1959 at a surplus sale held by the Portland Art Museum; purchased by MAI from the Meltzer Gallery in 1963.
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: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/699
label: Barcode
content: 230699.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shaman's hair ornament (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Silver, wood
label: Techniques
content: Incised