Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1820-1850
- Culture/People
- Tlingit [Hutsnuwu]
- Previous owner
- American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), 1869-
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) between 1884 and 1893; purchased from George Emmons by the American Museum of Natural History in 1894; exchanged back to George Emmons in 1922; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1922.
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- Place
- Grave house of "Gsark-sate," a doctor on the Chilkat River; Angoon; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Alexander Archipelago
- Island Name
- Admiralty Island
- See related items
- Tlingit [Hutsnuwu]
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 11/1820
- Barcode
- 111820.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, deer antler, abalone/haliotis shell
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid, perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_120135