Object Details
Culture/People
Coast Salish
Collector
Joseph W. Mackay (Joseph William McKay/Joe Mackay), Non-Indian, 1829-1900
Previous owner
Joseph W. Mackay (Joseph William McKay/Joe Mackay), Non-Indian, 1829-1900
George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
Seller
George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
Presenter/funding source
Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
Collection History
Formerly owned by the chief of the Tsakum band of Cowichan Salish at Yale, British Columbia; collected from him about 1860 by Joseph W. MacKay (1829-1900, a fur trader, Hudson Bay Company representative, businessman, and politician in British Columbia); acquired by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) from an unknown source in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1925; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1925 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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Date created
circa 1860
Catalog Number
14/4864
Barcode
144864.000
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
Object Name
Robe
Media/Materials
Mountain goat wool yarn, wool yarn, vegetal fiber, dye/dyes, ribbon
Techniques
Dyed, twined
Dimensions
118 x 107 cm
Place
Fraser River; Yale; Fraser Valley Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
See related items
Coast Salish
Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_155564