Model Canoe Item Number: A157 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rough carving of a male figure sitting in a steep-sided canoe. Remnants of red -brown paint on the wooden surface.
Narrative
According to Burnett this item, as well as A146, A149-A153, A155-A156, "...belonged to the late Medicine Man Najieksum Illthpooen (the tail of the whale), of the Kityelash tribe, the people who live by the strong water, Port Essington District ... and was purchased from his widow by the Methodist Missionary of that district."
Item History
- Made in Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada before 1927
- Collected in Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada between 1920 and 1927
- Owned by Najieksum Illthpooen
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian
- Previous Owner
- Najieksum Illthpooen and Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/0188