Culture/People:

Iglulingmiut Inuit (Iglulirmiut)  Search this

Collector:

Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966  Search this

Seller:

Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966  Search this

MAI agent:

Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950  Search this

Object Name:

Tinder container

Media/Materials:

Ivory

Techniques:

Perforated

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Pond Inlet (Ponds Inlet, Mittimatalik); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada

Archipelago:

Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Island Name:

Baffin Island

Island Grouping:

Baffin Island Group

Collection History:

Collected by Claude Vigneau (1881-1966), who served aboard the Arctic patrol ship "C.G.S. Arctic" from 1908 until at least 1923; purchased by MAI from Claude Vigneau in 1925 through anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950).

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Catalog Number:

13/6965

Barcode:

136965.000

See related items:

Iglulingmiut Inuit (Iglulirmiut)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61418f789-c412-4cf5-ae5a-b34f81bb6fdc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_147478