Ornaments (2) Item Number: E168377-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "BIRDS, COPPER-BACKS."List in accession file (these objects are #s 41 and 42 on list) identifies these objects as "Two ornaments representing hummingbirds worn on dancing hat or robe of wood [?, might he mean wool, not wood?] covered with copper backs ornamentally beaten in eyes +c [word not very legible, but may be +c, which is a version of etc?] from the Prince of Wales Island Haida." Note: Prince of Wales Island is in Alaska, not B.C., as was typed on catalogue card.
Item History
- Made in Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- Ornaments (2)
- Identification Number
- E168377-0
- Type of Item
- ornament
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072