Dance wand/baton
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Possible collector
content: Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur, Non-Indian, 1870-1945
label: Possible owner
content: Helena Wilbur Elliott, Non-Indian, 1863-1927
label: Previous owner
content: Madeline Elliott Barnes (Madeline Lawrence Elliott/Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr.), Non-Indian, 1892-1971
label: Donor
content: Madeline Elliott Barnes (Madeline Lawrence Elliott/Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr.), Non-Indian, 1892-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased in Sitka, Alaska, in 1900, probably by Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur (1870-1945), who worked as doctor in Sitka between 1894 and 1900; given or transferred to his sister Helena Wilbur Elliott and her daughter Madeline Elliott Barnes (Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr., 1892-1971) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Madeline Elliott Barnes in 1940.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
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: 20/1539
label: Barcode
content: 201539.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Dance wand/baton
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved