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Date created: 1880-1900

Culture/People: Nuxalk (Bellacoola)
Collector: Bernard Fillip Jacobsen (B.F. Jacobsen/Fillip Jacobsen), Non-Indian, 1863-1935
Previous owner: Bernard Fillip Jacobsen (B.F. Jacobsen/Fillip Jacobsen), Non-Indian, 1863-1935
Seller: Helga Thorsen Jacobsen (Mrs. Bernard Fillip Jacobsen), Non-Indian, 1876-1939
MAI agent: William A. Newcombe (William Newcomb), Non-Indian, 1884-1960

Collection History: Collected by Bernard Fillip Jacobsen (1863-1935, a collector and cannery owner/operator at Bella Coola on Vancouver Island, British Columbia) at an unknown date; inherited by his widow Helga Thorsen Jacobsen (1876-1939); purchased by MAI from Helga Jacobsen in 1936 through William A. Newcombe (1884-1960, a Vancouver, British Columbia, collector).
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Place: British Columbia; Canada

See related items: Nuxalk (Bellacoola); Masks and Masking

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 19/840
Barcode: 190840.000

Object Type: Masks and Masking

Object Name: Mask
Media/Materials: Alder, pigment/pigments
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 25.7 x 11 x 13. cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a05d9a3e-c890-4b32-b527-9de0a56a4927

Record ID: NMAI_204032