Object Details
- Culture/People
- Chilkat Tlingit
- Possible owner
- Hume Blackley Babington, Non-Indian, 1871-1934
- Seller
- Evoryna May Brodhurst (Evoryna May Babington/Mrs. Norman Robert Broadhurst/E. M. Brodhurst), Non-Indian, 1882-1974
- MAI agent
- William A. Newcombe (William Newcomb), Non-Indian, 1884-1960
- Previous owner
- Evoryna May Brodhurst (Evoryna May Babington/Mrs. Norman Robert Broadhurst/E. M. Brodhurst), Non-Indian, 1882-1974
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Evoryna May Babington Brodhurst (Mrs. Norman Robert Brodhurst, 1882-1974) or that of her brother Hume Blackley Babington (1871-1934, a ship captain in Vancouver and Prince Rupert); purchased by MAI in 1937 from Evoryna Brodhurst through William A. Newcombe (1884-1960, a Vancouver, British Columbia, collector).
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- Catalog Number
- 19/6116
- Barcode
- 196116.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
- Object Name
- Robe
- Media/Materials
- Cotton canvas
- Techniques
- Painted
- Place
- Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Chilkat Tlingit
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_209497
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws640ecd205-b640-4389-8d4f-53aaced3a503
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