Clapper

Museum number:
2-4578a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024578a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-724 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
2 halves of a clapper. Totemic carvings representing wolf or weasel. Painted green, red, and black. Made of wood. Animal species and use identified by Charles Brown, June, 1964. 2-4578b recatalogued from 2-6484.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
B. G. McIntyre
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used at dances.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 43.5 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original numbers: x-2677.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977), and S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Clapper, accession number 2-4578a,b, described as 2 halves of a clapper. Totemic carvings representing wolf or weasel. Painted green, red, and black. Made of wood. Animal species and use identified by Charles Brown, June, 1964. 2-4578b recatalogued from 2-6484.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clapper, accession number 2-4578a,b, described as 2 halves of a clapper. Totemic carvings representing wolf or weasel. Painted green, red, and black. Made of wood. Animal species and use identified by Charles Brown, June, 1964. 2-4578b recatalogued from 2-6484.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clapper, accession number 2-4578a,b, described as 2 halves of a clapper. Totemic carvings representing wolf or weasel. Painted green, red, and black. Made of wood. Animal species and use identified by Charles Brown, June, 1964. 2-4578b recatalogued from 2-6484.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clapper, accession number 2-4578a,b, described as 2 halves of a clapper. Totemic carvings representing wolf or weasel. Painted green, red, and black. Made of wood. Animal species and use identified by Charles Brown, June, 1964. 2-4578b recatalogued from 2-6484.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clapper, accession number 2-4578a,b, described as 2 halves of a clapper. Totemic carvings representing wolf or weasel. Painted green, red, and black. Made of wood. Animal species and use identified by Charles Brown, June, 1964. 2-4578b recatalogued from 2-6484.

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