Russian Double Eagle Insignia, Cast and Mold
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 1935
name: label: Collector
content: Herbert W. Krieger
label: Collector
content: M. Watkins
label: Donor Name
content: Herbert W. Krieger
label: Site Name
content: Lower Memaloose Island
notes: label: Notes
content: SCULPTURE, A420307-1, DEACCESSIONED FOR REPATRIATION TO DELEGATES OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE WARM SPRINGS, OR. AND THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE YAKAMA NATION OF WASHINGTON,12 DECEMBER, 1994. SEE REPATRIATION OFFICE FILES N88-001 AND N88-006 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. SYNTHETIC CAST [A420307-0] MADE BY OFFICE OF EXHIBITS CENTRAL. CAST AND MOLD NUMBERED AND STORED AT MUSEUM SUPPORT CENTER, APRIL, 1996.
label: Notes
content: Description of original: Imperial Russian double-headed eagle emblem. Eagle heads look in opposite directions; heads crowned with bishopric miters topped with a cross; eagle is spread winged, octagonal breast plate bears a portrait of St. George slaying a dragon; eagle's right claw missing, left claw holds spherical object with a cross on its face; entire body curves inward slightly as if object was originally set into a concave plaque. The Russian Imperial Eagle Emblem was adopted from Byzantine heraldry by Tsarist Russia in the 15th Century (Black 1988:70). Pierce and Doll (1970) note that several dozen of these emblems have been found in the Pacific Northwest and California, and date to ca. 1790-1810. Object was mounted for the SI Crossroads of Continents exhibit, and remains attached.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Sep 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Wasco County, Oregon, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wasco
label: Culture
content: Wishram
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 135869
label: USNM Number
content: A420307-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cast