143.355 Thlingit Guns & Knives, Harry George Collection
Copyright: 143.355 Thlingit Guns & Knives, Harry George Collection
Name/Title
Thlingit Guns & Knives, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910
Entry/Object ID
143/355
Description
Thlingit Guns & Knives, Harry George Collection Photo, c. 1910. sepia. Photo of two pistols displayed on a table, with crossed knives poised above them, and knives laying beside them.
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. I, pg. 89E W.H. Case
Photo 34.
1. An old pistol, used by the Thlingit natives.
2. Old Colt gun--very old model, seen much service. Horse pistol used to shoot slugs of copper.
3. Old knife--hunting
4. Old knife--hunting
5. Old knife--hunting
3.4.5. probably of Japanese origin.
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
Weapons, Guns, Knives
Search Terms
Native American, Alaska Tribes, Thlingit, George Collection
