Thlingit Metal & Other Items, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.356 ThlinIgit Metal Items, etc, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Thlingit Metal & Other Items, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/356

Description

Thlingit Metal & Other Items, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of various Thlingit items, including metal kettle, canoe bailer, prospectors pick, dancing rattle, adze, soldering iron. Displayed on table. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence Vol. I, 89E. W.H. Case Photo 35 1. Old copper piece. Old Thlingit soldering iron made of copper. 2. Old copper piece. Old Thlingit adze or hammer made from a slug of native ore. 3. Old powder horn 4. Dancing rattle; abalone eyes and teeth, white hair. (basement) 5. Old canoe bailer, an article found in all old canoes. Spoon used for bailing out canoes (basement) 1. Record kept by notches cut on edge. 2. Share of prospectors pick with crude hole drilled in butt, so can be lashed on handle. 73F.

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

Tools

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