Object Details
Culture/People
Tlingit
Previous owner
Marie Peterson (Maria Peterson), Non-Indian, ca. 1873-ca. 1945
Reverend Jackson L. Webster (Jackson Lemuel Webster), Non-Indian, 1892-1974
Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
Wrangell Institute, 1932-
Previous seller
Wrangell Institute, 1932-
Previous owner
Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
Seller
Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
Collection History
Purchased by Reverend Jackson Lemuel Webster (1892-1974) at a store owned by Maria (Marie) Peterson (ca. 1873-ca. 1945) in Sitka, Alaska, at an unknown date; given or sold to Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) in 1932; lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
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Date created
circa 1915
Catalog Number
21/1647
Barcode
211647.000
Object Type
Personal items
Object Name
Dance staff with octopus design
Media/Materials
Wood, paint, abalone/haliotis shell, human hair
Techniques
Carved, painted, drilled, inlaid
Dimensions
126 x 6.5 cm
Place
Alaska; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_226145