Ivory Handle and 2 Open Rings
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Nov 1882
label: Collection Date
content: 1882
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "67904 LOANED TO C-H. 8/19/81. RETURNED TO NHB 2/15/82." SEE USNM AR 1895, P. 965 - 6, WHERE THIS ARTIFACT IS DESCRIBED: "BOW OR HANDLE. AN ALMOST SQUARE, SLIGHTLY CURVED SPECIMEN, WITH ENGRAVINGS ON ALL SIDES EXCEPTING THE UNDER OR CONCAVE ONE. THE TOP OR CONVEX SURFACE BEARS, AMONG OTHER OBJECTS, A LARGE UMIAK, THE FOUR OCCUPANTS OF WHICH ARE INDICATED BY THE HEADS, ARMS, AND PADDLES ONLY, THE VERTICAL BODY LINE BEING PURPOSELY OMITTED OR FORGOTTEN. SOME CONVENTIONAL TREES ARE USED AS ORNAMENTAL MARKINGS. THE SIDES BEAR SEAL HUNTS,... . EACH SIDE IS ORNAMENTED BY TWO DEEPLY INCISED GROOVES, ONE AT EITHER EDGE OF THE FACES OF THE BOW, AND THE ENGRAVINGS ARE DEEPLY AND FORCIBLY MADE, ALL BEING FILLED IN WITH BLACK. THOUGH MARKED AS FROM 'CHILKAT', THE SPECIMEN HAS THE CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE OF THE WORK DONE BY THE NATIVES OF NORTON SOUND."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chilcat (Chilkat or Klukwan?), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Chilkat (?)
label: Culture
content: Eskimo (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012009
label: USNM Number
content: E67904-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Handle