Culture/People

Haida

Previous owner

Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935

Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)

Object Name

Labret/Lip plug

Media/Materials

Animal Bone

Techniques

Cut

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)

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts); sold or transferred to the Free Museum of Science and Art (later the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum in 1908.

Catalog Number

1/6723

Barcode

016723.000

See related items

Haida

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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