Statuette, Totemic & Heraldic Fur Seal Hunter
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Nov 1882
label: Collection Date
content: 1882
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "$12.00. TWO SEPARABLE PIECES, FORMING A WHOLE. UPPER PART - 29" H. 4-3/4" W. 4-1/4" DIA. BASE-17-1/4"1. 5-1/4" W. 4-3/4" H. REPAIRED AND RESTORED AT CONSERVATION 3/23/1973." FROM SWAN'S HANDWRITTEN LIST IN ACCESSION RECORD: "FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES ARCHIPELAGO SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA. KYGANI BRANCH OF THE HAIDA FAMILY OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS."
label: Notes
content: From tag in James Swan's hand with artifact: "Fur seal hunter with a seal in his hands nearly split in two. The hunters feet rest on the bears head, and the whole stand on the back of the sea lion. This interesting group is from the Prince of Wales archipelago and an allegorical and descriptive. No 19 $12.00."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Alexander Archipelago / Prince Of Wales Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit (?)
label: Culture
content: Haida, Kaigani (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012054
label: USNM Number
content: E56444-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Upper Part
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Upper Part
content: 12.07 cm
label: Diameter - Upper Part
content: 10.79 cm
label: Length - Base
content: 43.81 cm
label: Width - Base
content: 13.34 cm
label: Height - Base
content: 12.07 cm