Eskimo Ivory Buttons, Jade Axe, Jawbone, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.364 Eskimo Ivory Buttons, Jade Ax, Jawbone, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Eskimo Ivory Buttons, Jade Axe, Jawbone, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/364

Description

Eskimo Ivory Buttons, Jade Axe, Jawbone, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of carved ivory buttons arrayed on cloth, jawbone leaning against wall in background, as it rectangular object. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 71A, 89F W. H. Case Photo. 43. 1. Series of Eskimo ivory buttons 2. Jawbone of Thlingit Medicine Man. (see yellow notebook for explanation and data with photo 24.) 3. Axe of jade, so hard that a file will hardly touch it. Partially worked down."

Collection

Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHS

Made/Created

Date made

1910

Place

State/Province

Alaska

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Ivory

Search Terms

Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Medicine Man, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020