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name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Collector
content: Colonel Mottrom D. Ball (Mottram Dulany Ball), Non-Indian, 1835-1887
label: Previous owner
content: Colonel Mottrom D. Ball (Mottram Dulany Ball), Non-Indian, 1835-1887
label: Previous owner
content: Sarah Lewis Ball (Sallie Lewis Ball), Non-Indian, 1866-1944
label: Seller
content: Sarah Lewis Ball (Sallie Lewis Ball), Non-Indian, 1866-1944
label: Seller agent
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected circa 1880 by Colonel Mottram D. Ball (1835-1887, a customs collector at Sitka, Alaska, and U.S. District Attorney for the Alaska Territory between 1876 and 1887); inherited by his daughter Sarah (Sallie) Lewis Ball (1866-1944); purchased by George Heye from Sallie Ball in 1907 through Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899).
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: Firearms and accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/2146
label: Barcode
content: 012146.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Firearms and accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Powder measure
label: Media/Materials
content: Mountain goat horn
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 5 x 1.5 x 2.5 cm