Shaman's hair ornament (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Tlingit
- Previous owner
- Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
- Earl L. Stendahl (Earl Leopold Stendahl), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
- Stendahl Galleries (Stendahl Gallery), 1911-
- Portland Art Museum, 1892-
- Meltzer Gallery
- Seller
- Meltzer Gallery
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); purchased from his estate by Earl Stendahl (1888-1966) of the Stendahl Galleries (Hollywood, California) circa 1947; purchased by the Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon) from Earl Stendahl in 1948; purchased by the Meltzer Gallery (New York City) in 1959 at a surplus sale held by the Portland Art Museum; purchased by MAI from the Meltzer Gallery in 1963.
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- Place
- Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Tlingit
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 23/699
- Barcode
- 230699.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Shaman's hair ornament (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Silver, wood
- Techniques
- Incised
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_245778