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Catalog Data

Culture/People:
Dene (Northern Athabascan)  Search this
Possible collector:
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948  Search this
Previous owner:
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948  Search this
Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952  Search this
Donor:
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948  Search this
Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952  Search this
Object Name:
Bag
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, twine/string
Techniques:
Sewn, loom beadwork, embroidered
Object Type:
Bags/Pouches (and parts)
Place:
Yukon Territory; Canada
Collection History:
Possibly collected by Alonzo Eugene Austin (1868-1948, a New York City doctor of homeopathy who spent his boyhood in Alaska as the son of Presbyterian missionary parents); donated to MAI by Dr. Austin and his wife Sarah Hall Austin (1871-1952) in 1930.
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Catalog Number:
16/8472
Barcode:
168472.000
See related items:
Dene (Northern Athabascan)
Bags/Pouches (and parts)
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60a24339e-3521-46ac-839b-2f2cdf6164ac
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_180108