Culture/People:

Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this

Previous seller:

Harry Geoffrey Beasley (Harry L. Beasley/Harry C. Beasley/H. G. Beasley), Non-Indian, 1881-1939  Search this

Previous owner:

William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949  Search this

Seller:

William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949  Search this

Object Name:

Chair seat/cover

Media/Materials:

Birchbark, spruce root, porcupine quills, dye/dyes

Techniques:

Quill embroidered

Dimensions:

37.5 x 0.7 x 32.5 cm

Object Type:

Furnishings (Home)

Place:

Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1910 from British anthropologist and collector Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1911.

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Catalog Number:

2/8471

Barcode:

028471.000

See related items:

Mi'kmaq (Micmac)

Furnishings (Home)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6cacd07c2-a0ab-4d9a-9ed2-8abcd2439c7b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_30281