Tie/Strap
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1930
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Artist/Maker
content: Chief Willie Seaweed (Willie Siwid [Siwiti]/Chief Hilamas/The One Able To Set Things Right/Smoky Top/Kwaxitola), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), 1873-1967
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Willie Seaweed (Willie Siwid [Siwiti]/Chief Hilamas/The One Able To Set Things Right/Smoky Top/Kwaxitola), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), 1873-1967
label: Previous owner
content: Wilhelm Helmer, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005
label: Exchanging Agent
content: Morton D. May (Buster May), Non-Indian, 1914-1983
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased from the artist by Wilhelm Helmer at an unknown date; acquired by Morton D. May (1914-1983, Native art collector and owner of the May Company department stores) at an unknown date; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the May Company and Morton May in 1967.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fort Rupert; 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: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/9493
label: Barcode
content: 239493.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Tie/Strap
label: Media/Materials
content: Muslin, cordage
label: Techniques
content: Painted
label: Dimensions
content: 424 x 267 cm