Net, Olachen Item Number: 16/2395 from the American Museum of Natural History

Exhibitions

CHIEFLY FEASTS: THE ENDURING KWAKIUTL POTLATCH (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 1991)

Item History

What

Name
Net, Olachen
Identification Number
16/2395
Type of Item
net
Material
string, wood and cloth
Overall
length 264.0 cm, width 186.0 cm, height 4.5 cm, length 207.0 cm, width 16.0 cm, height 14.0 cm

Who

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Field Collector
George Hunt and Franz Boas
Received from
Morris K. Jesup

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada