Sculpin Hat
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Carved & Painted Hat
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- Collector
- John J. McLean
- Donor Name
- John J. McLean
- Provenience note: collection apparently purchased or collected by McLean in Sitka and vicinity circa 1884.
- Per Eric Hollinger, a column of wooden hat rings (potlatch rings), or potlatch cylinder, # E74441 belongs with sculpin crest hat E74339, based on XRF testing of the paint on that object, and comparing/matching it to flecks of the same type of paint on E74339, as well as comparing the size of the two pieces for fit.
- Record Last Modified
- 14 Apr 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Accession Date
- 27 Dec 1884
- Collection Date
- 1884
- Accession Number
- 015504
- USNM Number
- E74339-0
- Object Type
- Hat
- Place
- Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8477947
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39451cd60-fa92-4598-9b74-8b74dc4adf45
Hollow Cylinder Of Wood
View record for Hollow Cylinder Of Wood
- Collector
- John J. McLean
- Donor Name
- John J. McLean
- It is assumed that this object is the one referred to on the list in the accession file as a "wooden stove pipe attachment", identified as belonging with/on top of one of the "large carved wooden helmet[s]" in the collection. Per Eric Hollinger, this is a column of wooden hat rings (potlatch rings), or potlatch cylinder, that belongs with sculpin crest hat E74339, based on XRF testing of the paint on this object, and comparing/matching it to flecks of the same type of paint on E74339, as well as comparing the size of the two pieces for fit.
- Record Last Modified
- 14 Apr 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Accession Date
- 27 Dec 1884
- Collection Date
- 1884
- Accession Number
- 015504
- USNM Number
- E74441-0
- Object Type
- Hat Ring
- Place
- Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
- See more items in
- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8478070
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e36e7182-6064-4b6a-9c7c-428dc3a1c4c8
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