Formerly in the collection of and probably collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1920 with funds donated by MAI trustees James B. Ford (1844-1928) and…
Created: 1850-1880. Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA. Formerly in the collection of and probably collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1920…
Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives in 1964 when the artist was employed as an IACB arts and crafts assistant at Sitka, Alaska; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when…
Collected from the artist's grandmother, Anna Squally (Annie Laploptin/Annie Squally, Puyallup, ca. 1853-1940) in 1920 by Thomas Talbot Waterman (1885-1936, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI. Created in 1910-1920. Opposite Tacoma;…
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); purchased by George Heye from Landsberg's Free Museum in…
Purchased by R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007) from the Spirit Wrestler Gallery (Vancouver, British Columbia) in 2006; donated to NMAI by the estate of R.E. Mansfield in 2008.