Ornament Item Number: A3665 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Ornament made from a roughly rectangular piece of abalone shell with a natural hole through the shell, and a smaller drilled hole at the centre of one of the long edges.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Hector Webb before 1951
- Received from Hector Webb (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during 1951
What
- Name
- Ornament
- Identification Number
- A3665
- Type of Item
- ornament
- Material
- abalone shell
- Manufacturing Technique
- perforated
- Overall
- height 9.5 cm, width 11.5 cm, depth 1.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Hector Webb
- Received from
- Hector Webb (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1876/0004