Thlingit Mortars, Pestles, etc., Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.342 Thlingit Mortars, Pestles, etc. Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Thlingit Mortars, Pestles, etc., Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/342a

Description

Thlingit Mortars, Pestles, etc., Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of 3 mortars, 3 pestles, 2 swedge, adze, etc. as described below. Displayed on tabletop. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg 70E, W. H. Case Photo 21 5. Swedge, Thlingit adze--2.25 6. Hammer, Thlingit--(5650)--3.00 7. Mortise (mortar),Thlingit--2.00 8. Pestle--1.00 9. Mortise or lamp, used for burning seal oil--1.25 11. Copper swedge--2.25 12. hammer--3.00 13. Pestle--1.00 15. Pestle-(5656 basement)--1.75 16. Mortise (mortar) (basement, 5107)--9.00 17. Pestle--.75 18. Ring or tool--.75 *11.--adze from a slug of native ore. *16. Made by natives at Sitka. Alaska All these articles are Eskimo goods except. #2,& 3. #4 is particularly handsome piece of old ivory."

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

Search Terms

Native American, Alaska Tribes, Mortar, Pestle, Thlingit, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020