Wooden Helmet, Old Style, Carved (Frog)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Jun 1882
label: Collection Date
content: 1881
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CUT FROM THE SOLID (BURL). CARVED TO REPRESENT THE FROG. CLOUD HAT CYLINDER MISSING. TRACES OF GREEN PAINT ONLY REMAIN. NEG. NO. 43,227-B (FRONT). 43,227-(PROFILE-RIGHT SIDE), 43,227-A (BOTTOM). LOANED: OSAKA EXPO-70 JULY 69 - JAN. 71. RETURNED TO COLLECTION DECEMBER 7, 1970." See apparently associated object E60216. December 1881 list in accession file lists the frog helmet as being accompanied by a neck shield.
label: Notes
content: Per Repatriation Office research, as reported in the Tlingit case report (Hollinger et al. 2005), in 1881 John J. McLean purchased this helmet from the Northwest Trading Company at an unknown location in Southeastern Alaska. Evidence supports a cultural affiliation between the Frog House of the Gaana xteidí clan of Klukwan.
label: Notes
content: McLean list in accession file identifies this object as Chilcat. It appears that Chilcat may be meant as a place name on this list, perhaps not specifically or exclusively as a culture name, similar to the way other objects in the collection are identified as Sitka, Kootzahoo, and Hoonia. Chilcat/Chilkat is a name sometimes used for Klukwan.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jun 2023
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 011616
label: USNM Number
content: E60214-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Helmet