Carving of a canoe filled with oarsmen
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Haida
- Previous owner
- Harriet Constable Arnold (Harriet M. Arnold/Mrs. Hicks Arnold), Non-Indian, 1853-1942
- Donor
- Harriet Constable Arnold (Harriet M. Arnold/Mrs. Hicks Arnold), Non-Indian, 1853-1942
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Harriett Constable Arnold (Mrs. Hicks Arnold, 1853-1943); donated to MAI by Mrs. Arnold in 1924.
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- Date created
- 1850-1900
- Catalog Number
- 13/1875
- Barcode
- 131875.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Carving of a canoe filled with oarsmen
- Media/Materials
- Argillite, animal bone
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid
- Dimensions
- 33 x 9 x 18 cm
- Place
- Haida Gwaii(Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
- See related items
- Haida
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_141778
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6900bc841-d1d8-42a7-b26a-55eefee6bbb8
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