Fougberg, Thord B.M. (Slim)
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Blacksmith's Forge
Description:
A shallow metal bowl on four legs joined by steel straps. A wheel is part of the lower assemblage; possibly it turned a blower (missing) Condition: Generally rusted. The bowl has a hole in the center.
Date of Object:
ca. 1914-1940
Accession #:
984.30.03
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Boot Jack
Description:
This shoe jack was used for removing tight fitting boots. It is an unpainted wooden stand with non-slip rubbery material. Leather guard in the "U" part of the jack and a leather thong for hanging. Condition is good.
Date of Object:
ca. 1950
Accession #:
991.01.01
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chopping tool (stone), Lil'wat
Description:
[This item was repatriated to Lil'wat Nation Nov 22, 2019]. Cobble spall chopping tool identified at UBC Museum of Anthropology. Reddish brown. Age: may be between 300 and 3000 years old [update 2019] Location where item was found by Fougberg is unknown. [Update 2019] The cobble spall tool was simple to make and handy for many tasks that involved cutting, scraping or digging. Johnny Jones sent a reference from page 348 of James Teit's "Journal of American Folklore", which explains a "Thunder arrowhead". [footnote reads] "A thunder arrowhead is fired by the Thunder. Most are simply large pieces of arrow-stone, generally blocked off more or less, so that they somewhat resemble a spear-head or an arrow-head of huge size". Johnny Jones says the object is associated with the Haitlo'laux (Grizzly Clan) and shares pg. 348 from Journal of American Folk-lore by James Teit, "when he came out of the [sweat] house, he was at once changed to resemble a Hailo'laux with much red hair all over his body. The hair of his head also assumed a red colour".].
Date of Object:
300 to 3000 BP
Accession #:
989.01.01
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Cinch for Pack Horses
Description:
Given seventeen years ago, this cinch was used regularly by the Peters family of Samahquam Reserve. They used dug-out canoes between their reserve and Port Douglas through periods of low water and they packed supplies north.
Date of Object:
ca. 1900
Accession #:
983.15.02
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Cultivator
Description:
This metal cultivator with a high front wheel is rusted. Five blades are bolted onto a plate. In the 1940's or 1950's. T. Fougberg bought it new and used it a good deal.
Date of Object:
ca. 1950
Accession #:
983.45.02
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Fragment of Cup
Description:
The cup was whole when found, but has been broken since. It was made of fairly heavy white china with no decoration. Condition: February 14, 1984 - Fougberg mended the cup. In 1947, T. Fougberg found the cup in the earth of an old root house on land he has since sold to Harold Pipe, land adjoining the present A. Staehli farm. About 1915, a relative of George Groat, (? ) Studebaker lived on the land and his child may have been the owner of the cup.
Date of Object:
ca. 1915
Accession #:
984.05.01
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Fragment of Cup
Description:
The heavy white fragment has no decoration. The interior is crazed and stained. In September 1972, the Fougbergs found it in the river bank near the site of the one-time Hotsprings House near Skookumchuck.
Date of Object:
ca. 1900
Accession #:
984.05.05
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Goat Horns
Description:
On each horn are four rings varying in distances from the base, the distances diminishing closer to the base. The horns lay beside Meager Creek, part of the skeleton that had lain there for a considerable time. In August 1975, T. Fougberg picked them up. Because no logging roads had yet reached the area at the hot spring, Eldon Talbot flew in the Fougbergs and members of the Priest family.
Date of Object:
1974-75
Accession #:
984.05.02ab
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Gold Pan
Description:
The large gold pan is speckled and splotched with rust inside and out. It is made of iron. Condition: Probably stable. In the 1950's the Fougbergs found this pan in the woods close to Birkenhead (formerly Blackwater) Lake. There men have searched for gold for many years, certainly in the 1890's, possibly earlier.
Date of Object:
ca. 1890
Accession #:
984.05.20
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Gold Pan
Description:
A small steel gold pan with splotches of rust on the bottom of interior and on the base, a few on the rim. Condition: Stable. Bought for use in Pemberton area but little used.
Date of Object:
ca. 1930
Accession #:
984.12.02
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hand maul, Lil'wat
Description:
[This item was repatriated to Lil'wat Nation Nov 22, 2019]. Granite hand maul. Column, flat topped. Below the top a slight bulge tapers to an area for gripping. Below that the column flares gradually to a base wider than the top. History: About 1950, ploughing a field belonging to Nelson Fraser, Mr. Fougberg found the maul in two sections. Later someone glued the parts together. In 1956 Mrs. Fraser gave the maul to the finder. [Update 2019] Hand mauls are almost exclusive to the indigenous people of the southern coast. The hand maul required hard stone not prone to cracking or chipping; it was used to pound wedges into a cedar log to split off planks, as well as for other woodworking requirements. The maul was made by pecking and grinding techniques. A stone of suitable size and material was selected, pecked to the required shape, ground smooth, then polished with a piece of oiled hide. [See publication "Stone, Bone, Antler & Shell" by Hilary Stewart, 1996 - shared by Johnny Jones].
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Accession #:
988.26.01
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horse drawn cultivator
Description:
Horse drawn cultivator for row crops, mainly of steel with wooden handles. Shape, roughly triangular, with apex at wheel. Main parts are: 1) A heavy central steel bar, paralleling the ground, to which all other parts are bolted: near wheel it has a upturned section for attachment single tree to which a horse is hitched 2) wooden handles for use in guiding cultivator. 3) outer framework: on each side a heavy steel bar parallel to the central bar and having 5 reversible teeth bolted on at regular intervals. 4) 2 adjustment devices: (a) a wire activated by a handle between 2 narrow steel bars to regulate wheel depth. (b) a second wire also between narrow steel bars which controlled width of outer framework and so adjusted that to varying widths of rows. 5) the wheel. Used at Skookumchuck Indian Reserve.
Date of Object:
ca. 1910
Accession #:
984.30.01
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Leg Hold Traps
Description:
Made completely of metal and consisting of two springs and a trigger, with chain to attach to a tree. Inscription: "Oneida Jump - Victor, Reg US. Pat (Office?) made in USA". Mr. Fougberg used the size 0 traps on a trap line up the Lillooet River. [there are 20 traps - 2013 - see Note].
Date of Object:
ca. 1947
Accession #:
984.12.05
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Mineral Claim Tags
Description:
The square aluminum (?) tags bear the numbers 251824 and 251824. One is the initial post, the other for the final post. At a time when he staked claims in the mountains of Pemberton, Mr. Fougberg secured these tags. They date from the 1930's. a) "initial post" b) "final post".
Date of Object:
ca. 1930
Accession #:
984.05.10ab
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Mouldboard Plough
Description:
Horse drawn mold board plough lacks frame. Has three main parts: 1) steel fin to cut the soil vertically. 2) steel plough share (at base), pointed in front, sheared off at right angle in rear. Share cuts horizontally. 3) mold board, rusted curved iron plate to receive soil cut loose and turn it over. Condition: rusted and lacking a frame. The late Jake Lokken used it. When his grandson Don Summerskill, sold the farm he left the plough at Fougberg's.
Date of Object:
ca. 1912-1940
Accession #:
984.23.02b
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