Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988 Search this
Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987 Search this
Object Name:
Hide dressing tool
Media/Materials:
Animal Bone, cotton cloth, conifer root
Techniques:
Wrapped, notched
Object Type:
Hide working tools
Place:
Alaska; USA
Collection History:
Collection history unknown; formerly owned by C. V. Smith; acquired from C. V. Smith in 1932 by Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
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