Crumrine, Nina (painter). Oil on canvas. Size: 23.5 x 19 in. Signed, lower left. Brass Plate on Frame: "Chief Koch Teech, Last of The Tlinget Chiefs, by Nina Crumrine."
Shows routes of Davis, Baffin, Franklin, McClure, Collinson, Kane, Second German Expedition, Peary, Amundsen, Ericsen, Rasmussen, De Quervain, Koch, MacMillan, Steffansson, Ekblaw, Hall, Nares, Nordenskjold, DeLong, Nansen, and Duke of Abruzzi. ...
Solid piece of wood; knob handle on top; flared, flat base; stained red; 5" tall; shows much use. Used for mashing up salmon eggs, cranberries, eskimo ice cream etc. "Koch'sin"
Collected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Material Culture...