Hoonah War Club & Figurehead, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

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St. Joseph Museums

143.375 Hoonah War Club and Figurehead, Harry George Collection: Copyright: 143.375 Hoonah War Club and Figurehead, Harry George Collection
143.375 Hoonah War Club and Figurehead, Harry George Collection

Copyright: 143.375 Hoonah War Club and Figurehead, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Hoonah War Club & Figurehead, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/375

Description

Hoonah War Club & Figurehead, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of two wooden carved items, leading against wall. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 71D, 89H. W.H. Case Photo 54 1. An old Hoonah War Club, Thlingit, (5693--fishing) 2. Old wooden figure-head for canoe from Hoonah, Thlingit. old man who made these dropped dead on beach and Hoonah, and son sold them. (wrong label on = ceramic 5613)".

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

Weapons, Wood carving

Search Terms

Native American, Native American Art, Alaska Tribes, War Club, Thlingit, Hoonah, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020