Carved Iron Knife And Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: HANNEGAN INDS. REMARKS: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 24, FIG. 101; P. 278. *HANNEGAN INDIANS. KLAWARK VILLAGE, PRINCE WALES IS. (HENYA TLINGIT). ALT SPELLING: HANEGA. HANNEGAS. SEE HODGE, HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIANS." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "CARVING TOOL AND SHEATH.---LONG CURVED HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY. BLADE OF IRON RIVETED TO THE HANDLE. SHEATH OF LEATHER. LENGTH, 17 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 3/4 INCHES. ESKIMO [sic] OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,831. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
label: Notes
content: Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies Catalogue #s E20827 and E20911 as Swan original # 61. List in accession file identifies # 61 as "1 box containing complete outfit of an Indian medicine man, Hannegan Indians, Klawark village, P. of Wales Island, Alaska." Catalogue Nos. E20828 - 38 may be related objects?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Prince Of Wales Island / Klawock, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Hannegan (Henya)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004730
label: USNM Number
content: E20831-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.45 cm