Native American Small Cups & Cases, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.367 Native American Small Cups, Cases, Harry Georg Collection

Name/Title

Native American Small Cups & Cases, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/367

Description

Native American Small Cups & Cases, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of cups and round cases, displayed hanging on wall. One square case in center. Handwritten on back: Correspondence, Vol. I, pg. 89G W.H. Case Photo 46 3. Native trinket box, basketry 4. Ammunition case, basketry 5. Ammunition case, basketry 7. Match Case, basketry 8. Old drinking cup, basketry 10 & 11. Old sea otter drinking cup, used for drinking salt water before starting to hunt the sea otter, evidently believing there was some virtue in purging themselves by taking physic, using salt water for this purpose.

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

Ammunition, Baskets

Search Terms

Native American, Alaska Tribes, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020