Ancient Copper Bracelet Item Number: E20637-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 7, P. 260." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BRACELETS.---MADE OF COPPER AND INLAID WITH PIECES OF SHELL, HALIOTIS KAMSCHATKENSIS. NASSES [NASS] INDIANS, NEAR FORT SIMPSON. GREATEST DIAM., 2 3/4 INS. LEAST DIAM., 2 INS. FORT SIMPSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1875. 20,637. 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 Copper Bracelet
- Identification Number
- E20637-0
- 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