Money

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Money

Entry/Object ID

143/5837 A

Description

COPPER/SMALL/USED AS MONEY

Use

USED FOR TRADE OR BARTER

Context

PART OF THE HARRY L GEORGE COLLECTION

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN, Harry L. George Collection

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit
Native American, First Nation

Notes

A similar number with a similar description is identified has Hydah (Kaganee Tribe) in Index, though that item is still listed under Tlingit

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Parts

Count

1

Material

COPPER

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

MORE RESEARCH INTO THE GEORGE LEDGERS MIGHT REVEAL THE PROVENANCE ON THIS ARTIFACT, ESPECIALLY IF ONE CONCENTRATES ON THE DEALERS THAT HARRY WAS PRIMARILY DEALING WITH DURING HIS COLLECTING DAYS, E.G. WH CASE, YE OLDE CURIOSITY SHOPPE, ETC.