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Artificial curiosities from the northwest coast of America : native American artefacts in the British Museum collected on the third voyage of Captain James Cook and acquired through Sir Joseph Banks / J.C.H. King.

Summary:

Description of the North American section of the Cook collection, and three further eighteenth-century accessions of Pacific North American artifacts. Catalogue discusses in detail, and illustrates 137 Aleut, Eskimo and Indian artefacts, most of which are from British Columbia and Alaska.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0714115622 :
  • ISBN: 9780714115627
  • Physical Description: 119 pages, 87 pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1981.

Content descriptions

General Note:
A collection of the Department of Ethnography of the British Museum.
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-112).
Subject:
Indians of North America > Industries > Northwest Coast of North America > Exhibitions.
Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > Antiquities > Exhibitions.
British Museum. Dept. of Ethnography > Exhibitions.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .A56 N77 1981 286470 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library PNW E 78 .N77 1981 022268 PNW Available -