Culture/People:

Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)  Search this

Possible owner:

Hume Blackley Babington, Non-Indian, 1871-1934  Search this

Seller:

Evoryna May Brodhurst (Evoryna May Babington/Mrs. Norman Robert Broadhurst/E. M. Brodhurst), Non-Indian, 1882-1974  Search this

MAI agent:

William A. Newcombe (William Newcomb), Non-Indian, 1884-1960  Search this

Previous owner:

Evoryna May Brodhurst (Evoryna May Babington/Mrs. Norman Robert Broadhurst/E. M. Brodhurst), Non-Indian, 1882-1974  Search this

Object Name:

Basket

Media/Materials:

Cedar bark

Techniques:

Plaited

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Skeena River; North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District), Kitimat-Stikine Regional D; British Columbia; Canada

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Evoryna May Babington Brodhurst (Mrs. Norman Robert Brodhurst, 1882-1974) or that of her brother Hume Blackley Babington (1871-1934, a ship captain in Vancouver and Prince Rupert); purchased by MAI in 1937 from Evoryna Brodhurst through William A. Newcombe (1884-1960, a Vancouver, British Columbia, collector).

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Catalog Number:

19/6062

Barcode:

196062.000

See related items:

Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws641457cfa-3df7-4b21-9382-4110cade328a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_209464