Chest, Ornamented Item Number: E638-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "WOOD, WITH BLACK, RED AND GREEN PIGMENT, AND FIBER LASHINGS. ILLUS. IN THE FAR NORTH CATALOG, NAT. GALL. OF ART, 1973, P. 183. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 4, PG. 612. LOANED TO THE NAT'L GALLERY OF ART 10-20-72. FROM: P. 84, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG, RENWICK GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1974, OBJECT ILLUSTRATED ON SAME PAGE:'CHEST, WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF, PAINTED BLACK AND RED; KERFED AND PEGGED, LENGTH: 38. TSIMSHIAN?, FORT SIMPSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, COLLECTED BY GEORGE GIBBS.'"
Item History
- Made in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Capt. George Gibbs in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1862
What
- Name
- Chest, Ornamented
- Identification Number
- E638-0
- Type of Item
- box
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ? or Tsimshian ?
- Field Collector
- Capt. George Gibbs
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 1862
Other
- Accession Number
- 000051