Beaver design; made of yew wood. Wood type and function identified by Charles Brown, June 1964.
Donor:
Lillian Barstow
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Wallace Barstow
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
Used as a gift or presentation during ceremonies.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 60 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-18659-62.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1974-1975 #81: Mt. Diablo Unified School District (April 15, 1975–June 11, 1976), and S2018-2019 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 19, 2019–May 19, 2019)