Beaver castor with box/container
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Tahltan
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- 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) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1906.
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- Catalog Number
- 9343
- Barcode
- 009343.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Beaver castor with box/container
- Media/Materials
- Moose bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Stikine River headwaters; Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- See related items
- Tahltan
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_9614
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws619ae368c-c8b8-4c89-81b2-14b5bcf932a5
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