Argillite Plate with Semi-Circular Compass Rose and Tobacco Leaf Motifs with a Cross Hatched Rectangle in the Center
Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast
about 1830-1850
Argillite
Overall: 14 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (35.8 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.3.14492
Geography
Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1921), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.
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