Sotheby's Auction House (Sotheby Parke-Bernet/Parke-Bernet)
Previous owner
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
Seller
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
MAI agent
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Collection History
Collection history unknown; acquired at an unknown date by Robert Day (1836-1914, an Irish collector of antiquities); purchased by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1913 from an auction held by Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge (London, England); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1913.
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Place
Fort Rupert; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada