Head ring
name: label: Culture/People
content: Nlaka'pamux (Thompson River Salish)
label: Previous seller
content: Frederick Landsberg (F. Landsberg), Non-Indian, 1861-1935
label: Previous owner
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
label: Seller
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1880; formerly in the collection of Frederick Landsberg (1861-1935, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian artifacts with a shop called Landsberg's Free Museum); acquired from Frederick Landsberg by Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fraser River; British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Nlaka'pamux (Thompson River Salish)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8637
label: Barcode
content: 008637.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Head ring
label: Media/Materials
content: Cedar bark, hemp twine/string, cotton cloth, thread
label: Techniques
content: Braided, sewn, tied