Drag For Harpoon Line Item Number: E210329-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Made of cedar bark in checker weaving. Patterns formed by using strips of different widths." From Emmons tag with the artifact: ""Nitinat" Basket from the S.W. coast of Vancouver Id, made of the inner bark of the red cedar. This basket was in use when I got it packed with the gear of a seal fisherman, it was full of bark lines and extra pieces of spear +c. For Prof. O.T. Mason from G. T. Emmons." Also written in pencil on the tag at a later date: "Drag for harpoon line."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in British Columbia, Canada
- Received on June 12, 1901
What
- Name
- Drag For Harpoon Line
- Identification Number
- E210329-0
- Type of Item
- basket
Who
- Culture
- Ditidaht
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on June 12, 1901
Other
- Accession Number
- 038082