Club part/fragment
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit [Stikine]
label: Previous owner
content: Family of Chief Shakes, Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Alexander Choquette (Buck Choquette), Non-Indian, 1830-1898
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by the Shakes family and said to have been presented to French-Canadian prospector Alexander Choquette (1830-1898) circa 1865 when he married Georgiana, the daughter of Chief Shakes (Kaawishté, Chief Shakes V); formerly in the collection of Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899); lent to MAI by George T. Emmons in 1920; purchased by MAI from George Emmons in 1924.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Wrangell; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Wrangell Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit [Stikine]
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 10/1861
label: Barcode
content: 101861.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
label: Indigenous Term
content: kha-tu
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Club part/fragment
label: Media/Materials
content: Jade
label: Techniques
content: Ground