Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
[Unknown]
Title:
[Drawings of Chinook or Flat Head and Haida Indian tribal culture]
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Materials:
drawing on paper: ink and wash
Dimensions:
27.2 x 22 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0292--B
Subject:
- Children
- funerary facilities
- Indians of North America
- Northwest,
Pacific
- Artifacts
- Drawings
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Six small drawings apparently features of Chinook and Haida Indian culture. Clockwise from upper left: castanet (fantastic wooden rattle), pipe bowl in slate, cradle (front view), canoe tomb, warrior's tomb (more elaborate buildings), cradle (side view) around a skull facing to left. These tribes apparently lived in Pacific Northwest region (Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska).
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Supplied title. Handwritten (MC): N.W. American Indians/Chenook or Flat Head. Each drawing captioned individually. Handwritten (modern?) on mount: (UL): Brit[ish] Col[umbia]; (UR, on mat): Haida tribe/Queen Charlotte Island. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf5489p2f c

[Drawings of Chinook or Flat Head and Haida Indian tribal culture]