Bark shredder
- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Collector
- Charles F. Newcombe (C.F. Newcombe), Non-Indian, 1851-1924
- Previous owner
- Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
- Collection History
- Collected by Charles F. Newcombe (1851-1924, a physician and collector in British Columbia) at an unknown date; sold or transferred to the Free Museum of Science and Art (later the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum in 1908.
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- Place
- Xumtaspi; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Vancouver Island Group
- Island Name
- Hope Island
- See related items
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 1/9299
- Barcode
- 019299.000
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Object Name
- Bark shredder
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_20247