Thlingit Spoon, Gauge, Fish Line, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.410 Thlingit Spoon, Shooting Guage, Fish Line, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Thlingit Spoon, Gauge, Fish Line, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/410

Description

Thlingit Spoon, Gauge, Fish Line, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of large ladle, knives (?), and compass-style gauge, leaning against wall, line on tabletop in front. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 74A3, 89K, W. H. Case. Photo 89 1. Old Thlingit spoon. of a Russian side arm. Was the pride of the old Thlingit chief at Rluckwan for many years. 3. Guide for shooting thorough. Attached to the bidarka by the Eskimo. Used as a rest to shoot long arrows through. The gauge on top is very old ivory. 4. Eskimo fish line to fish for the Tom Cod. Line made of whalebone. Ivory sinkers with 4 pointed hooks for gigging Tom cod through the ice."

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, Fishing Tools, Thlingit, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020