Robe
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1860
name: label: Culture/People
content: Coast Salish
label: Collector
content: Joseph W. Mackay (Joseph William McKay/Joe Mackay), Non-Indian, 1829-1900
label: Previous owner
content: Joseph W. Mackay (Joseph William McKay/Joe Mackay), Non-Indian, 1829-1900
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by the chief of the Tsakum band of Cowichan Salish at Yale, British Columbia; collected from him about 1860 by Joseph W. MacKay (1829-1900, a fur trader, Hudson Bay Company representative, businessman, and politician in British Columbia); acquired by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) from an unknown source in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1925; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1925 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fraser River; Yale; Fraser Valley Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Coast Salish
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Northwest Coast
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/4864
label: Barcode
content: 144864.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Robe
label: Media/Materials
content: Mountain goat wool yarn, wool yarn, vegetal fiber, dye/dyes, ribbon
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, twined
label: Dimensions
content: 118 x 107 cm