Photo Catalog Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Casper Mather with examples of his work |
Image # |
74.6.10.21 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1930-1945 circa |
Photographer |
Schallerer, Otto C. |
Location |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
Description |
Casper Mather with examples of his work Black and white photograph with white border entitled "Alaska Native Craftsman". Image depicts Casper Mather, Tsimshian carver, seated holding an adze. Seven of his large pieces of artwork are on either side of him leaning against the exterior of a building. Century - 20 |
Provenance |
Text on front of image: "S 443 ALASKA NATIVE CRAFTSMAN" "SCHALLERERS" Dating note: a copy of this postcard was for sale on eBay in 2023 and that version has a postmark on April 16, 1945. Updated date range to no later than 1945.11/29/2023 ERB |
Print size |
8.7 cm x 14 cm |
People |
Mather, Casper |
Search Terms |
Carver Northwest Coast Art Northwest Coast Design Northwest Coast Native Raven Totem Pole Tourism Tsimshian |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 74.6.10.21 |