Copper Wire Bracelets 1 Pair Item Number: E56468-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "50 CTS. WORN BY A "BUMPKISH" INDIAN WOMAN. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888, PL. VI, FIG. 8, P. 260." IT IS CLEAR FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGY CATALOGUE LEDGER BOOK THAT WHAT IS TRANSCRIBED AS "BUMPKISH" ON THE CATALOGUE CARD IS ACTUALLY "NIMPKISH". - F. PICKERING 6-17-1999
Item History
- Made in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
- Received on November 14, 1882
What
- Name
- Copper Wire Bracelets 1 Pair
- Identification Number
- E56468-0
- Type of Item
- bracelet
Who
- Culture
- Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) and Nimpkish
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on November 14, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 012054