Thlingit Musical Instrument, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.353 Thlingit Musical Instrument, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Thlingit Musical Instrument, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/353

Description

Thlingit Musical Instrument, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of two wooden pipes, bound together at base, displayed on table top. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 73F. 89 E, W. H. Case. Photo 32 1. Thlingit Musical instrument, used by mourners who wish to wail over the death of friends. Used at all feasts and potlatches, the music or call being signal of opening of festivity. $20.00--74B."

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

Musical instruments

Search Terms

Native American, Alaska Tribes, Thlingit, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020