Object Details
Culture/People
Tlingit
Previous owner
Chief Daanawáaḵ (Daan.a.waak/Donowock/Donowak/Donnawaak/Doniwak/John Donawalk), Chilkat Tlingit, ca. 1850-1935
Seller
Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
Seller agent
Max A. Silver, Non-Indian, 1894-1990
Collection History
Formerly owned by Daanawáaḵ (Daan.a.waak/Donnawaak, ca. 1850-1935), chief of the Chilkat Tlingit village of Yendestake; inherited by or transferred to an unnamed individual(s) who sold it to MAI in 1949 through the Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Washington, previously known as the Hudson Bay Fur Company, and owned and operated by Max A. Silver [1894-1990]).
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Date created
circa 1900
Catalog Number
21/3784
Barcode
213784.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments
Object Name
Woman's tunic
Media/Materials
Wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork
Dimensions
120.5 x 166 cm
Place
Alaska; USA
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_228152