"Hamatsa" Headring Item Number: E129515-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Front represents "Milky Way, side, the fabulous? A "hamatsa" head ring (see Boas, USNM AR 1895, p. 437ff) Illustrated in Boas p. 442, fig. 63 also in USNM AR, 1888, Pl. 18, fig. 70, p. 272."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Dr. Franz Boas in British Columbia, Canada
- Received on September 14, 1887
What
- Name
- "Hamatsa" Headring
- Identification Number
- E129515-0
- Type of Item
- headring
Who
- Culture
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)
- Field Collector
- Dr. Franz Boas
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on September 14, 1887
Other
- Accession Number
- 019597