Culture/People:

probably Siberian Yupik (archaeological) (attributed)  Search this

Seller:

Beulah Nowpakahok (Beaulah Okhtokiyuk/Mrs. Leonard Nowpakahok), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]  Search this

Previous owner:

Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003  Search this

Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990  Search this

Donor:

Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian  Search this

Object Name:

Spoon

Media/Materials:

Ivory

Techniques:

Carved

Dimensions:

14.4 x 1.5 x 2.5 cm

Object Type:

Food/Beverage Serving

Place:

Kookoolik (Kukulik, Kokoluk) Mound; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

Archipelago:

Bering Sea Islands

Island Name:

Saint Lawrence Island

Date created:

probably AD 1600–1875

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased from Beulah Nowpakahok (Siberian Yupik) by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) in 1975 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.

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Catalog Number:

26/2535

Barcode:

262535.000

See related items:

Siberian Yupik (archaeological)

Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws628f684d8-322d-4344-9b0f-b5862b57978c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_278647