Head ring
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Collector
content: Charles F. Newcombe (C.F. Newcombe), Non-Indian, 1851-1924
label: Expedition
content: John Wanamaker Expedition (1900)
label: Expedition sponsor
content: John Wanamaker, Non-Indian, 1838-1922
label: Expedition leader
content: Stewart Culin, Non-Indian, 1858-1929
label: Previous owner
content: Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected at an unknown date by of Charles F. Newcombe (1851-1924, a physician and collector in British Columbia); acquired by Stewart Culin (1858-1929, then director of the Free Museum of Art and Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) during the John Wanamaker Expedition (1900) sponsored by John Wanamaker (1838-1922); part of the collection of the Free Museum of Science and Art until 1908 when it was acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the Free Museum of Science and Art.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Neah Bay, Makah Reservation; Clallam County; Washington; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
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: 1/9439
label: Barcode
content: 019439.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
label: Indigenous Term
content: wa-pai-you-kwak-klu
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Head ring
label: Media/Materials
content: Cedar bark
label: Techniques
content: Braided