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Catalog Data

Culture/People:
Dene (Northern Athabascan)  Search this
Previous owner:
Chichester Museum  Search this
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949  Search this
Previous Seller:
Alfred Walter Francis Fuller (A.W. Fuller/A.W.F. Fuller), Non-Indian, 1882-1961  Search this
Seller:
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949  Search this
Object Name:
Baby belt/sling
Media/Materials:
Wool cloth, glass bead/beads, hide thong/babiche, thread
Techniques:
Sewn, overlay beadwork, tied
Object Type:
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Place:
Western Subarctic; Alaska; Canada, USA (inferred)
Collection History:
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Chichester Museum (Chichester, West Sussex, England) and said to have been acquired by the museum about 1845; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1912 from British anthropologist and collector Alfred Walter Francis Fuller (1882-1961); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1913.
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Catalog Number:
3/2897
Barcode:
032897.000
See related items:
Dene (Northern Athabascan)
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6765796ec-f05e-4b88-b6a4-aff5c70fbf61
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_34760