Rain cape worn by a high-status woman
date: label: Date created
content: 1800-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
label: Previous owner
content: Miss Smith, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: Miss Smith, Non-Indian
label: MAI agent
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Miss Smith of Victoria, British Columbia (possibly the daughter of H. L. W. Smith, a storekeeper at Friendly Cove on Nootka Sound on the west side of Vancouver Island, circa 1910); purchased by George Heye from Miss Smith in 1927.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 15/5606
label: Barcode
content: 155606.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Rain cape worn by a high-status woman
label: Media/Materials
content: Cedar bark, nettle fiber, sea otter skin/fur, mountain goat wool yarn
label: Techniques
content: Twined
label: Dimensions
content: 115 x 158 cm