Ancient Horn Bracelet Item Number: E20638-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "INLAID WITH SHELL. INVENTORIED 1979." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BRACELET.---MADE OF HORN AND INLAID WITH PIECES OF ABALONE SHELL, HALIOTIS KAMSCHATKENSIS. NASSES [NASS] INDIANS NEAR FORT SIMPSON. GREATEST DIAM., 3 INS. LEAST DIAM., 2 INS. BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,638. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
Item History
- Made in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Ancient Horn Bracelet
- Identification Number
- E20638-0
- Type of Item
- bracelet
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian, Nass River ? and Nisga'a ?
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004686