Name/Title
Photograph list from C.A. Haley to Harry GeorgeEntry/Object ID
Q1430.634.237ADescription
Vol 1 P. 237A
Photograph list from C.A. Haley to Harry George describing the items in various photographs. There are three numbered section related to the Tlingit Indian culture. Goes with letter Vol. I, pg. 237B.
HISTORY, OF, CURIOS, AS, NUMBERED
(NO, I) describes an image linked to Tlingit war canoes, emphasizing its historical use during early Wars. It discusses its significance and the spiritual symbolism of "Swan-Down." "Notice the circle on top which was used to place swan down in, and and as the Canoe went forward this Swan-Down would fly all over the Native paddlers, and beckon them on to success, . . . . "
During the Potlatch of 1905, . . . tis image was brought out, and placed on the leading Canoe that went with the invitation to Chilkat, and . . Killisnoo, . . . . . "
(NO. 2) "The Box setting in the same picture, is one that has been traced down, and handed down for two hundred years, . . . . . " The text details the image's significance for the Raven Clan, its ceremonial use, and mentions attire like a shirt with pearl buttons associated with different feasts.
(N0.2) Postal) refers to a box near a totem pole and discusses items like masks, a wooden pecker pole, axes, and various historical artifacts such as a staff used in dances and ceremonies. It focuses on a separate image related to a Potlatch ceremony in 1905 held in Sitka , highlighting various ceremonial items, including a Raven Clan hat and a specific style of shirt important to the ceremonies. "The Hat . . . . .is the Raven Clan , . . . ., The Shirt . . . . is of red flannel, the birds are the twin Raven, . . . . . these kind of shirts were used during all of their feasts, . . . . "
(No. 3) "Notice the image, the Box, ad the devil fish or Doctor's staff standing by the Totem pole, . . also the Wood-Pecker pole, . . . . just a round pole, painted red, . . . ., with the bird in center, . . . . The stone axes . . . , the old masks, also the ancient basket . . . . , note the old pitcher. . . Have many other things that are not in the pectures, which I could forward if interested."
The text ends with a note expressing interest in Russian cultural items.
(Handwritten at the bottom of the letter "Kindly return this if not interested."Subject
C. A. Haley
Sitka, Alaska
Buck
Thlinget
Potlatch
Chilkat
Killianoo
Box
Staff
Hat
ShirtSubject Person/Organization
Harry L. George Collection