Knife
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Mary Shakes, Tlingit, ca. 1847-1937
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Previous seller
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous owner
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous owner
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
label: Previous owner
content: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
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: Collection history unknown; formerly owned by Mary Shakes (Tlingit, 1847-1937); acquired from her in 1933 by Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); 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: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1618
label: Barcode
content: 211618.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Media/Materials
content: Iron blade, wood, cordage
label: Techniques
content: Carved, tied