Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl

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Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl,

before 1886

Lingít
PU 5149

Information

Title
Sheidí ch'áak' (horn eagle) 4-dram powder measure from Chief Yen-aht-setl
Dates

before 1886

Medium
Mountain goat horn
Dimensions
7.2 × 2.6 × 3 cm (2 13/16 × 1 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5149
Place Collected

North America, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)

Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed inside: heavy load for 12 ga. shotgun, light load for 10 ga.
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
ammunition, powder horns
Materials
horn
Subject
eagles

Chief Yen-aht-setl,Yakutat, AK; Professor William S. Libbey, by 1886; given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History).

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