Bead/beads (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1800-1900
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian; possibly used by Northwest Coast peoples
- Artist/Maker
- Hudson's Bay Company (Hudson Bay Co.)
- Previous owner
- Archer V. Martin (Archer Evans Stringer Martin), Non-Indian, 1865-1941
- Seller
- Archer V. Martin (Archer Evans Stringer Martin), Non-Indian, 1865-1941
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1903; formerly in the collection of Archer V. Martin (1865-1941, a judge in Victoria, British Columbia); purchased by George Heye from Archer Martin in 1916.
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- Place
- Northwest coast of Vancouver Island, shaman's grave; Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Vancouver Island Group
- Island Name
- Vancouver Island
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Northwest Coast
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/1292
- Barcode
- 051292.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_54978