Bowl/Dish

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Culture/People: Gitxsan (Gitksan)
Possible collector: Robert J. Skinner, Non-Indian, 1844-1909
Previous owner: Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939
Donor: Annie Laurie Williams (Annie L. Williams/Mrs. Maurice Crain), Non-Indian, 1895-1977
Honoree: Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939

Collection History: Probably collected by Robert J. Skinner (1844-1909, a Hudson Bay Company trader in British Columbia); formerly in the collection of his daughter Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939, an author and historian of the fur trade); donated to MAI by New York City literary agent Annie Laurie Williams (1895-1977, a friend of Miss Skinner's) in 1940 in memory of Constance Lindsay Skinner.
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Place: British Columbia; Canada

See related items: Gitxsan (Gitksan); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 20/3358
Barcode: 203358.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Bowl/Dish
Media/Materials: Birchbark, spruce root
Techniques: Incised

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b2f1e525-8b86-4b19-aa85-dd93f9a94562

Record ID: NMAI_217188