Dance staff with octopus design
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1915
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Marie Peterson (Maria Peterson), Non-Indian, ca. 1873-ca. 1945
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Jackson L. Webster (Jackson Lemuel Webster), Non-Indian, 1892-1974
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: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
label: Previous owner
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
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: Purchased by Reverend Jackson Lemuel Webster (1892-1974) at a store owned by Maria (Marie) Peterson (ca. 1873-ca. 1945) in Sitka, Alaska, at an unknown date; given or sold to Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) in 1932; 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: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1647
label: Barcode
content: 211647.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Dance staff with octopus design
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, paint, abalone/haliotis shell, human hair
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, drilled, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 126 x 6.5 cm