Crab figure used in dance
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)
label: Collector
content: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
label: Seller/source
content: Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1874 and 1894 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.
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place: label: Place
content: Port Simpson (Fort Simpson); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/8928
label: Barcode
content: 018928.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Crab figure used in dance
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 67 x 30 x 15 cm