Culture/People:

Haida  Search this

Previous owner:

Landsberg's Free Museum  Search this

Seller:

Landsberg's Free Museum  Search this

Seller agent:

Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Fishing line

Media/Materials:

Wood, cedar bark, spruce root, cotton twine/string

Techniques:

Twisted, carved

Dimensions:

7 x 47 cm

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Skidegate; North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada

Archipelago:

Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)

Island Name:

Graham Island

Date created:

1870-1900

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); purchased by George Heye from Landsberg's Free Museum circa 1904.

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Catalog Number:

1120

Barcode:

001120.000

See related items:

Haida

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fa2542a1-f30e-4af4-9b0b-80d21708bd96

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_932