Body Stamp

11141

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 11141
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit (uncertain)
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Found in a shell mound, six feet below surface
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

In form of a fish. Used by Tsimshean Indians. A stamp for painting canoes. H.N. Rust

Credit Line Purchased from Edward Drinker Cope, 1893

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