Culture/People

Haida

Possible owner

Hume Blackley Babington, Non-Indian, 1871-1934

Previous owner

Evoryna May Brodhurst (Evoryna May Babington/Mrs. Norman Robert Broadhurst/E. M. Brodhurst), Non-Indian, 1882-1974

Seller

Evoryna May Brodhurst (Evoryna May Babington/Mrs. Norman Robert Broadhurst/E. M. Brodhurst), Non-Indian, 1882-1974

MAI agent

William A. Newcombe (William Newcomb), Non-Indian, 1884-1960

Object Name

Brooch/Pin

Media/Materials

Seal tooth/teeth, gold, metal jewelry findings

Techniques

Hammered, engraved

Object Type

Adornment/Jewelry

Place

Haida Gwaii(Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada

Archipelago

Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)

Date created

circa 1900

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Evoryna May Babington Brodhurst (Mrs. Norman Robert Brodhurst, 1882-1974) or that of her brother Hume Blackley Babington (1871-1934, a ship captain in Vancouver and Prince Rupert); purchased by MAI in 1937 from Evoryna Brodhurst through William A. Newcombe (1884-1960, a Vancouver, British Columbia, collector).

Catalog Number

19/6107

Barcode

196107.000

See related items

Haida

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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