Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988 Search this
Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987 Search this
Object Name:
Adze blade
Media/Materials:
Stone
Techniques:
Pecked
Object Type:
Woodworking tools
Indigenous Term:
tax’wans
Place:
Kitkatla (Lax Klan); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada
Date created:
1800-1900
Collection History:
Formerly owned by James Lewis (Gitxaała, ca. 1885-1952); inherited by his brother-in-law, Solomon Brown (Gitxaała, ca. 1887-1970); transferred at an unknown date to Pat Phillipson (Albert John Phillipson, 1879-1939, a Prince Rupert, British Columbia, fur dealer who also bought and sold Native artifacts); sold or given to Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) in July 1930; lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
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