2 19TH CENTURY - ONE HAIDA AND ONE GITXSAN - NORTHWEST COAST FIRST NATIONS ARTIFACTS THAT ARE STILL MOUNTED ON THEIR ORIGINAL CARDBOARD, TWINE AND INK PRESENTATION LAYOUT.
THE PIECE READS FROM TOP LEFT ENDING AT BOTTOM RIGHT.
KILLER WHALE R7 HIADA.
SPOON MADE BY --- INDIAN CHIEF FROM COIN SILVER (YOU KNOW INDIANS).
DORSAL FIN, INDECIPHERABLE.
AT TOP RIGHT.
R8.
BODKIN OF COPPER MADE BY THE INDIANS FROM SPAR OF SHIP..
- COAST INDIANS HAZELTON.
THE SILVER SPOON MEASURES JUST UNDER 5" LONG.
THE COPPER BODKIN MEASURES 3" LONG.
THE BACK OF THE PIECE READS MRS. M. ROBINSON(I THINK?).
THE SPOON IS CARVED IN THE SHAPE OF AN ORCA WITH A REMARK ABOUT THE DORSAL FIN.
THE COPPER BODKIN IS EQUALLY WELL MADE.
ARE THESE POTLATCH ITEMS?
THE ARTIFACT HAS BEEN TO THE ROYAL B.C. MUSEUM AND THEY CANNOT ASCERTAIN WHICH CHIEF OR ANY OTHER INFO. ON IT.
THE RARITY OF THIS IS HUGE!
THANK YOU!