Slate Carving, Canoe Item Number: E316930-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "4 men in a canoe. Loan: R. H. Lowie Museum 12/31/64. Loan returned Feb 15, 1966. Lent to Canadian Embassy, Nov. 19, 1991. Loan returned Nov. 20, 1991."On display in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as an argillite carving of 4 hunters in a Native canoe, Haida. One of the hunters holds a harpoon, and they are hauling a seal into the canoe.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected by Rev. Sheldon Jackson in Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Received from Bureau Of American Ethnology on July 16, 1921
What
- Name
- Slate Carving, Canoe
- Identification Number
- E316930-0
- Type of Item
- carving
Who
- Culture
- Indian and Haida ?
- Field Collector
- Rev. Sheldon Jackson
- Received from
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- on July 16, 1921
Other
- Accession Number
- 066880