Contents Of Tools Box
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Dec 1902
label: Collection Date
content: 1902
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
notes: label: Notes
content: In a letter dated August 12, 1902, from Chilkat [Klukwan?], Alaska, and filed in Accession 39826, Emmons notes that he is going to make up a complete tool box "for the man" (i.e. presumably for a male figure/exhibit mannequin, as the "Chilkat family group" of exhibit mannequins at one time included a carver.) In papers in Accession 40238, this tool set is identified as a set of tools used by a Tlingit wood carver in making dug out canoes, masks, etc.. In a letter of Nov. 24, 1902 in the accession file Emmons says: "These thirty odd pieces are just about an average of what any man's box would contain. ... These pieces are generally from Chilkat, but represent the working tools of a man of any of the Northern Tlingit tribes."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Southeastern, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Chilkat
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 040238
label: USNM Number
content: E217330-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife/Chisel/Screwdriver/Awl/Sinew/Bag/Tube/Drill/Whetstone/Needle/Charm/Spoon/Basket