Name/Title
Thlingit Carved Stones, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/377Description
Thlingiit Carved Stones, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of 13 carved stones in various shapes and sizes, displayed on tabletop. Described below:
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 76G, 75F, 80B, 81F2, W. H. Case
Photo 56
Articles selected 32, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12,,1, 10
Old carved or engraved stones: "I have not authentic information as to where these stones came from, any more than that they are of Thlingit origin. They were brought in by a fur buyer, and I did not get any exact data concerning them, but no doubt both of them are intended to represent clans.
3. (5661--stones case)
6. (5883)
2. (5663)
5. (6552)
1. ((5954)Collection
Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHSLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Carved Stones, Thlingit, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"