Name/Title
Thlingiit Medicine Man Wand, Tools, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/416Description
Thlingiit Medicine Man Wand, Tools, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of wand with carvings of two fish & a man, laying beside two stone hammer & axe with wood handles,
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 75D3, 75F, 89L W. H. Case
Photo 95
1. Old stone sledge. (Hydia)
2. Old Thlingit axe. Best specimen of native adze or axe I have ever seen, nearly 13 inches long, perfect shape and condition.
3. Old Thlingit hammer.
4. Old Thlingit medicine man's wand, Blackfoot clan. A staff owned by chief and head man of the clan of the Black Fish. This piece is about 4½ ft. long and an exceptional piece of old carving, made from one piece of wood. This particular piece is quite a bit of history in the tribe, having been conspicuous in one of their tribal troubles after the war between the Sitkas and the Wrangell Indians, where the Sitkas, under the guise of hospitality got the Wrangell Indians to attend a feast at Sitka, where they (Sitkas) fell upon them and slew all of the Wrangell visitors."Collection
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Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Medicine Man, Thlingit, Hydia, Sitka, Wrangell, Indian Wars, Black Fish Clan, George CollectionDimensions
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Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"