Ornament Or Bracelet Item Number: E9813-2 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Bracelet - Horn, inlaid with pearl shell, Haliotis kamschatkensis [i.e. abalone]. Nasses Indians, near Fort Simpson. Greatest diam. 2 1/2 ins. Least diam. 1 1/2 ins. British Columbia, 1870. Collected by Lieut. F. W.[sic, should be M.] Ring, U.S.A."
Item History
- Made in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by Lt. Franklin M. Ring in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1870
What
- Name
- Ornament Or Bracelet
- Identification Number
- E9813-2
- Type of Item
- ornament
Who
- Culture
- Haida, Tsimshian, Nass River and Nisga'a
- Field Collector
- Lt. Franklin M. Ring
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 1870
Other
- Accession Number
- 001763