Tool Item Number: A113 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Short iron bar - flattened on two sides at one end. Other end flattened to a leaf-shaped blade. Blade tip curled over.
History Of Use
The Burnett catalogue identified this as a "fish-killing instrument".
Item History
- Made in Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada before 1927
- Collected between 1920 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Tool
- Identification Number
- A113
- Type of Item
- tool
- Material
- iron metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- worked
- Overall
- height 37.3 cm, width 1.4 cm, depth 1.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/0158