Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.04.028 A—F
Accession#:
2005.04
Credit Line:
Donated by Renee Guerin.
Object Name:
Card, Identification
Title:
Six small descriptive paper cards from the Nugget Shop
Scope & Content:
Descriptive cards from Nugget Shop, Juneau, Alaska. The items are as follows with partial text references:
A—The Totem Pole (size: 4.5"x 2 3/4")
"Monument mystical, awesome and ghoulish: Seemingly purposeless, paganish, foolish; What is the message your symbols conceal?..."
B—Family Totem Pole (size: 4.5"x 2 3/4")
"The Natives of Alaska belonged to Clans and often used an animal or bird as a symbol of the clan..."
C—Raven Totem (size: 4 1/2" x 2.75")
"The Raven Totem illustrates The Thlinget Legend of Creation. The figure at the top...."
D—Raven Flood Totem (size: 4.5"x 2 3/4" )
"This Totem represents the legend of the Great flood. When the water was bout to cover the Earth the Old Raven flew up to Heaven with little children and saved them.....
E—Chief Johnson Totem (size: 4"x 2 1/4" )
"This Totem is surmounted by a fabled bird known as the Kajuk. It is placed high up to show it's importance..."
F— Fossil Ivory (size: 4" x 2 1/4")
"Fossil Ivory is Walrus or Mammoth Ivory that has been buried..."
A—The Totem Pole (size: 4.5"x 2 3/4")
"Monument mystical, awesome and ghoulish: Seemingly purposeless, paganish, foolish; What is the message your symbols conceal?..."
B—Family Totem Pole (size: 4.5"x 2 3/4")
"The Natives of Alaska belonged to Clans and often used an animal or bird as a symbol of the clan..."
C—Raven Totem (size: 4 1/2" x 2.75")
"The Raven Totem illustrates The Thlinget Legend of Creation. The figure at the top...."
D—Raven Flood Totem (size: 4.5"x 2 3/4" )
"This Totem represents the legend of the Great flood. When the water was bout to cover the Earth the Old Raven flew up to Heaven with little children and saved them.....
E—Chief Johnson Totem (size: 4"x 2 1/4" )
"This Totem is surmounted by a fabled bird known as the Kajuk. It is placed high up to show it's importance..."
F— Fossil Ivory (size: 4" x 2 1/4")
"Fossil Ivory is Walrus or Mammoth Ivory that has been buried..."
Notes:
These likely were given out with the curios sold at the shop.
People:
Guerin, Renee Penny Blood
Search Terms:
Archival
Card
Business
Store
Ethnographic
Tlingit
Card
Business
Store
Ethnographic
Tlingit
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