Name/Title
Walrus Skull, Shark Jaw, Medicine Man Jaw, etc, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/345Description
Walrus Skull, Shark Jaw, Medicine Man Jaw, etc, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of three skulls and cane as described below:
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg.73C.C, 76G, M, 80 D, 89, W. H. Case.
Photo 24
1. Jaws of the Trasher Shark, 27" long--($30 --together with #2 below)
2. Walrus head, no scalp
3. Jaw of Medicine Man, buried in a grave house, as was a custom with Medicine men when they cremated all others. Village was troubled by great sickness and this was attributed to evil spirit of the Medicine Man. So his bones were thrown in the salt water, and while the missionary at Kake watched and later after they had been in the salt water for months, dragged out this jaw. It is covered with barnacles.
4. Native carved cane made from the jaw bone of a whale--$3.00"Collection
Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHSLexicon
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Native American, Alaska Tribes, Walrus Skull, Shark Jaw, Medicine Man, Thlingit, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"