Shaman's figure (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1850-1900
- Culture/People
- Tlingit
- Previous owner
- Henry Draper, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Henry Draper; acquired by MAI in 1917. "Henry Draper" may refer to Harvard astronomer Henry W. Draper (1837-1882), who travelled to Wyoming and other western areas in 1878 to see a solar eclipse; following the death of his widow, Mary Anna Palmer Draper (1839-1914), Draper's collections were dispersed to New York museums.
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- Place
- Alaska; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Tlingit
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/2208
- Barcode
- 062208.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Shaman's figure (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Caribou antler, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled, incised
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_67219