Cedar Collar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "COLLAR OR NECKLACE.---BAND OF CEDAR BARK, BENT IN CIRCLE, COVERED ON EXTERIOR WITH WOVEN CEDAR BARK AND LINES INSIDE WITH DARK GREEN CLOTH. INDIANS NEAR BELLA BELLA. CIRCUMFERENCE, 2 FT. WIDTH, 3 1/2 INS. BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,686. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
label: Notes
content: Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. These cedar collars, worn with anklets and wristbands, were used as forms of protection, but also showed your societal status.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bella Bella (Heiltsuk, Haíłzaqv)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004686
label: USNM Number
content: E20686-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Collar
physicalDescription: label: Circumference - Object
content: 61 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.9 cm