Dukt'ootl' (Black Skin or Strong Man)
Dukt'ootl' (Black Skin or Strong Man)

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Dukt'ootl' (Black Skin or Strong Man),

before 1882

Lingít
ui.2011.28

Information

Title
Dukt'ootl' (Black Skin or Strong Man)
Dates

before 1882

Medium
Wood with paint
Dimensions
41.4 × 10 × 7.6 cm (16 5/16 × 3 15/16 × 3 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
ui.2011.28
Place Collected

North America, Jilḵaat Ḵwáan (Klukwan)

Marks/Labels/Seals
paper label "116"; Dukulth written in pencil
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
tourist trade, figurines, oral histories
Materials
wood, paint, pigment
Techniques
carving
Subject
sea lions, heroes

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1879-1882; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882

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