Name/Title
Inventory - Alaska CuriosEntry/Object ID
Q1430.634.26eDescription
Part of F.W. Bohle inventory. Included is a copy of the list, Undated. Vol. I, pg. 26e
A typed list titled "Alaska Curios," detailing various artifacts and items. It includes a perforated stone charm, a carved wooden fish-hook, and 20 gambling sticks. There is mention of a braided leather bag, ceremonial capes with wolf teeth and ivory rings, and necklaces made from antlers’ hooves. A head ornament with reindeer horn pendants, a carved wooden rattle used by a medicine-man, and a necklace with scapula bones are also listed. Furthermore, the document describes charms made of seal bone, pendants of walrus ivory, and a leather cord with reindeer-horn charms. Other items include a stone whale-shaped charm, a fine old bow, a walrus skull, an ivory pick, a bow with six arrows, and medicine-man's belts made of deer teeth.Subject
Alaska Curios
Stone Charm
Wooden Fish Hook
Ceremonial Cape
Head Ornament
Charms
Medicine-man's beltsSubject Person/Organization
Harry L. George CollectionCollection
Harry L. George CollectionTranscription
ALASKA CURIOS
1 Perforated Stone Charm.
1 Carved Woodon [sic] Fish-hook.
20 Gambling Sticks.
1 Braided Bag. (Made of leather)
1 Ceremonial Cape; ornamented with Wolf teeth, Pigs tusks, Antlers' hoofs and ivory rings.
1 Ceremonial Cape; made of hide. Bird pattern.
2 Necklaces, made of Antlers' hoofs, one small and one large.
1 Head Ornament, with 33 pendants of Reindeer horn, some carved.
1 Carved wooden rattle; used by Medicine-man, Totem pattern.
1 Necklace, with pendants of the ribs of Seal.
1 Implement; made of portion of the scapala[sic]-bone of Walrus
3 Charms; made of seal bone -- two carved in shape of whale, the other in shape of bird's bill.
7 Pendants; made of walrus ivory - hieroglyphic etchings.
1 Leather Cord with three carved Reindeer-horn charms attached.
1 Necklace; with ten pendants of Reindeer-horn.
1 Leather Cord, holding carved wooden charm (Man's head).
1 Stone Charm, shape of whale.
1 Bow, (very old and fine)
1 Walrus Skull (two tusks and eight teeth)
1 Pick, made of ivory.
1 Bow with 6 arrows.
2 Medicine-man's Deer teeth Belts, one made of 145 Deer teeth sets and the other made of 264 Deerteeth [sic] sets.
