Argillite Plate with Semi-Circular Compass Rose and Tobacco Leaf Motifs with a Cross Hatched Rectangle in the Center

Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast

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about 1830-1850

Argillite

Overall: 14 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (35.8 × 5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.3.14492

Geography

Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Food Service

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1921), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.

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