Objects of Exchange: Social and Material Transformation on the Late Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast
January 26, 2011– April 17, 2011
Chest
Unknown maker, Haida
Collected by Charles F. Newcombe (1901)
Cedar, paint, 160 x 84 x 67.5 cm
AMNH #16/8802
Pipe
Unknown maker, Haida
Donated by Amelia White (1961)
Argillite, 33.5 x 9.8 x 2 cm
AMNH #16.1/2558
Rattle
Unknown maker, Tsimshian (?)
Collected by Israel W. Powell (1881–85)
Donated by Heber R. Bishop
Wood, paint,
36 x 10 x 11 cm
AMNH #16/297
Bracelet
Unknown maker, Tlingit
Likely collected by John Brady
Donated by Marie Harriman (1912)
Silver, 6.5 x 5.5 x 2.6 cm
AMNH #16.1/1167B
Mask
Attributed to sdiihldaa/Simeon Stilthda (ca. 1799–1889), Haida
Collected by Israel W. Powell (1881–85)
Donated by Heber R. Bishop
Wood, paint, leather, metal, 23 x 18 x 9 cm
AMNH #16/376
Bag
Unknown maker, Tlingit
Donated by Michael Lerner (1969)
Fulled wool, wool twill, cotton, glass beads, wool yarn, thread, 43 x 19 cm
AMNH #50.2/6650
