Name/Title
Statement from W.H. Case to Harry GeorgeEntry/Object ID
Q1430.634.89CDescription
Page 3 of 12 from a statement from W.H. Case to Harry George listing every photograph and item Harry George purchased along with item descriptions. Vol. I, Pg. 89C
A document listing artifacts from Alaska, used by native Alaskans, particularly the Thlinget tribe. Photo #18 describes items used in Thlinget dancing, including a dancing wand, headpiece, baton, and headgear. Note that all items originate from Kake, Alaska. Photo #19 covers Thlinget Potlatch dancing items, consisting of a shirt, hat, and sash worn by a Crow clan member. Photo #20 lists various historical weapons and tools, such as an old Hudson Bay gun obtained through a trade of furs, an Eskimo arrow, hunting knife, adz, carving knife, flintlock pistol for bear hunting, whale bone club, stabbing knife, and powder horn.Subject
W. H. Case
Juneau, Alaska
Haida
Aleut
Eskimo
Tlingit
Chilkat
Russian
JapaneseSubject Person/Organization
Harry L. George Collection