Title:
[Drawings of Chinook or Flat Head and Haida Indian tribal culture]
Creator/Contributor:
[Unknown]
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0292--B
Format:
drawing on paper: ink and wash
27.2 x 22 cm.
Content/Description:
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).
Notes/Inscriptions:
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.
Subjects:
Children;
Funerary facilities;
Indians of North America;
Northwest, Pacific
Genre/Format:
Artifacts;
Drawings