Firebag
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Collector
content: James Gaston Brown (James G. Brown), Non-Indian, 1827-1905
label: Previous owner
content: James Gaston Brown (James G. Brown), Non-Indian, 1827-1905
label: Previous owner
content: Lars Gaston Axelsson DeLagerberg, Non-Indian, 1887-1962
label: Previous owner
content: Lucy Wallace DeLagerberg (Mrs. Lars Gaston DeLagerberg), Non-Indian, 1884-1965
label: Donor
content: Lucy Wallace DeLagerberg (Mrs. Lars Gaston DeLagerberg), Non-Indian, 1884-1965
label: Honoree
content: Lars Gaston Axelsson DeLagerberg, Non-Indian, 1887-1962
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by James Gaston Brown (1827-1905, a merchant in St. Louis, Missouri, and New York City) during travel to Alaska, probably in the 1880s; inherited by his grandson, designer and architectural historian Lars Gaston Axelsson DeLagerberg (1887-1962); donated to MAI by Lars DeLagerberg's widow Lucy Wallace DeLagerberg (1884-1965) in 1964 in memory of Lars DeLagerberg.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Baranof Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/3425
label: Barcode
content: 233425.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bags/Pouches (and parts)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Firebag
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, cotton cloth, ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded