Catalog of Wilson Mellon Collection of Indian Artifacts, Christies in Canada
Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.585
Description
Catalog of Wilson Mellon Collection of Indian Artifacts, Christies in Canada. Catalog of collection to be sold at auction at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal, May 7, 1975. Greater part of this collection purchased by present owner in 1930 from two pioneer furriers named MacKay and Dippie who established their business in 1888 in Calgary and did a great deal of trading with the Indians. Collection dates from about 1880 and was added to until about 1940. This is the first public display and believed to be there first public auction of a major collection in Canada.
64/Softbound/Photographs.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Pamphlet
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Native American, Canadian Tribes, Mellon Indian Artifact Collection
