Crab figure used in dance

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Date created: circa 1880

Culture/People: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)
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: Port Simpson (Fort Simpson); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada

See related items: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen); Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/8928
Barcode: 018928.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Crab figure used in dance
Media/Materials: Wood, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 67 x 30 x 15 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67df82f99-2bb5-4e4d-9f86-619c2780e989

Record ID: NMAI_20077