Name/Title
Statement from W.H. Case to Harry GeorgeEntry/Object ID
Q1430.634.89ADescription
Page 1 of 12. Statement from W.H. Case to Harry George listing every photograph and item Harry George purchased along with item descriptions. Vol. I, Pg. 89A
A typed document titled "Descriptive Data of Native Curios and Specimens" collected by Wm. H. Case for Harry L. George. It lists various indigenous artifacts, each assigned a photo number for reference. The items include an Old Hydia Hat made of wood, an Old Copper plate likely used as a breastplate in wartime, a Killer Club made by the Allieutes and Exkimeaux from a walrus organ, an Old Russian copper kettle, and a Thlinget Adz for canoe and totem pole crafting. A Thlinget potlatch spoon, Indian gambling device, walrus tooth, ivory sled runner, and general utility basket are also documented. The list includes an old medicine man's rattle, the largest and most grotesque of its kind, a medicine man's dancing wand, a papoose carrying case, an old Thlinget treasure box, and a dancing robe made of cedarSubject
W. H. Case
Juneau, Alaska
Haida
Aleut
Eskimo
Thlingit
Chilkat
Russian
JapaneseSubject Person/Organization
Harry L. George Collection