Sword
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Collector
content: Rear Admiral John WIlliam Pike, Non-Indian, 1827-1894
label: Previous owner
content: Commander Gerald Thomas Fleetwood Pike (G.T.F. Pike), Non-Indian, 1872-1935
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: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1863 by Rear Admiral John William Pike (1827-1894), then commander of the HMS Devastation; inherited by his son Commander Gerald Thomas Fleetwood Pike (1872-1935, of the HMS Virago); acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1924 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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: Cape Scott; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 12/7939
label: Barcode
content: 127939.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Sword
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone, abalone/haliotis shell
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid, painted, incised, perforated