Flute
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: Haida
label: Artist/Maker
content: attributed to George Gunya (George Young), Haida, ca. 1810-1880
label: Collector
content: Lady Jane Franklin (Jane Griffen/Mrs. John Franklin), Non-Indian, 1791-1875
label: Previous owner
content: Lady Jane Franklin (Jane Griffen/Mrs. John Franklin), Non-Indian, 1791-1875
label: Previous owner
content: Sophia Cracroft (Sophy Cracroft), Non-Indian, 1816-1892
label: Previous seller
content: Miss LeFroy, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Seller
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Previous owner
content: Sophia Cracroft (Sophy Cracroft), Non-Indian, 1816-1892
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1861 by Lady Jane Franklin (1791-1875) while travelling in British Columbia searching for evidence of her husband, explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), who disappeared during an 1845-1847 voyage to chart Canada's Northwest Passage; inherited by Lady Franklin’s niece Sophia Cracroft (1816-1892), who accompanied her on her travels; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1911 from Miss LeFroy (a niece of Sophia Cracroft’s); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1912.
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place: label: Place
content: Vancouver; Greater Vancouver Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Haida
label: See related items
content: Music and Sound
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: 2/9790
label: Barcode
content: 029790.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Music and Sound
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Flute
label: Media/Materials
content: Argillite, lead
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 41.5 x 2.5 x 4 cm