Chisel

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Date created: AD 1400-1900 (blade: probably AD 1400-1870; haft: 1870-1900)

Culture/People: Nuxalk (Bellacoola)
Previous owner: Landsberg's Free Museum
Seller: Landsberg's Free Museum
Seller agent: Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); purchased by George Heye from Landsberg's Free Museum circa 1904.
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Place: British Columbia; Canada (inferred)

See related items: Nuxalk (Bellacoola); Woodworking tools

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1261
Barcode: 001261.000

Object Type: Woodworking tools
Indigenous Term: tsqta

Object Name: Chisel
Media/Materials: Slate, wood, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Pecked, ground, carved, wrapped
Dimensions: 19.50 x 4 x 3.50 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6436d4954-5335-4ea4-876a-6930b26d8f7c

Record ID: NMAI_1089