Pendant

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Object Details

Culture/People

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)

Expedition

E. H. Harriman Alaskan Expedition (1899)

Expedition sponsor

Edward Henry Harriman (E. H. Harriman), Non-Indian, 1848-1909

Previous owner

Mary Harriman Rumsey (Mary E. Harriman), Non-Indian, 1881-1934

Donor

Estate of Mary Harriman Rumsey

Collection History

Collected in 1899 during the E.H. Harriman Expedition to Alaska, sponsored by railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909); formerly in the collection of his daughter Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881-1934); bequeathed to MAI by Mary Harriman Rumsey.

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Catalog Number

18/6472

Barcode

186472.000

Object Type

Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name

Pendant

Media/Materials

Whale bone

Techniques

Carved

Place

Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada

Archipelago

Vancouver Island Group

Island Name

Vancouver Island

See related items

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws601be14be-46db-4a93-9863-34abb19469ae

Record ID

NMAI_199397