Engraved Silver Mounted Ivory Tusk
Rudolph Walton (Kaawootk‘ or Aak‘wtaatseen), Tlingit / American, 1867 - 1951, Tlingit, Northwest Coast
1897
Ivory, tusk, and silver
Overall: 11 7/16 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/8 in. (29 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Warren Prosser Smith, Class of 1913
169.30.24701
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Decorative Object
Classification
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Inscription
On Back: "Sitka 1897"
Course History
ANTH 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Summer 2013
Provenance
Collected by Caldwell W. Tuttle (1842-1919), Commissioner of Sitka, Alaska, 1897-1900; to his nephew Warren Prosser Smith, Dartmouth Class of 1913 (1890-1971) New York, New York; given to present collection, 1969. (donation arranged through the donor‘s daughter Joan Paris Smith Rath (1916-1979).
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