Name/Title
Eskimo Quivers, Rattles, Medicine Ball, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/401Description
Eskimo Quivers, Rattles, Medicine Ball, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of two quivers leaning against wall, on left are four sticks with rattles, and right a decorated ball, decorated belts on table in front.
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 76G 79A, W. H. Case
Photo 8
1 and 2 are old money belts, needle work on leather. Ivory hooks used instead of buttons.
3. Eskimo medicine ball. Head men of tribes usually have one hanging in igloo. Highly valued, and are supposed to be filled with some sort of medicinal herbs, one of which is the blossom of the Yukon tea. (basement)
4. Arrow quiver. Sealskin back. Fine needle work
5 May be used either as quiver or large scabbard. Body part of walrus hide.
6. Very old rattle, covered with braided porcupine quills.
7.8.9. Rattles would with spruce roots, deer toes attached."Collection
Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHSLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Medicine Man, Quiver, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"