Box cover part/fragment (used as a dowry board)

Date created
1800-1850
Culture/People
probably Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) (attributed)
Seller
Landsberg's Free Museum
Previous owner
Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935
Seller agent
Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); purchased by George Heye from Landsberg's Free Museum in 1905.
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Place
Fort Rupert; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
Archipelago
Vancouver Island Group
Island Name
Vancouver Island
See related items
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
4665
Barcode
004665.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Native Term
gisaxstala
Object Name
Box cover part/fragment (used as a dowry board)
Media/Materials
Wood, sea otter tooth/teeth
Techniques
Inlaid, incised, carved
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64f467f03-5ab1-4ece-888d-7169684987dc
Record ID
NMAI_4785