Lobster pot/trap

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Culture/People: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
Previous owner: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
Seller/source: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914

Collection History: Collected between 1874 and 1894 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.
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Place: Smith Sound; Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
Archipelago: Vancouver Island Group
Island Name: Vancouver Island

See related items: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka); Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/8164
Barcode: 018164.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Lobster pot/trap
Media/Materials: Conifer root
Techniques: Twined

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a075b47a-731c-411c-a82b-3051a0768a0f

Record ID: NMAI_19269