Object Details
- Culture/People
- Tlingit
- Previous owner
- Walter C. Waters (Walter Charles Waters), Non-Indian, 1874-1943
- Mabel E. Waters (Mrs. Walter C. Waters), Non-Indian
- Bear Totem Store
- Seller agent
- Mabel E. Waters (Mrs. Walter C. Waters), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Bear Totem Store
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Walter C. and Mabel E. Waters (proprietors of the Bear Totem Store, Wrangell, Alaska); purchased by MAI from the Bear Totem Store and Mrs. Waters in 1948 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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- Catalog Number
- 21/1577
- Barcode
- 211577.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Totem pole
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Place
- Wrangell; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Alexander Archipelago
- Island Name
- Wrangell Island
- See related items
- Tlingit
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_225879
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61b56df98-53af-44b3-864c-07a5418bba46
