Bread

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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); Food and Foodstuffs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 19/860
Barcode: 190860.000

Object Type: Food and Foodstuffs

Object Name: Bread
Media/Materials: Cedar bark
Techniques: Baked

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e1870317-0e81-4987-88bd-01d268d19eb8

Record ID: NMAI_204053