Culture/People:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]  Search this

Collector:

Worth G. Ross (W. G. Ross/Worth Gwynn Ross), Non-Indian, 1854-1916  Search this

Previous owner:

Worth G. Ross (W. G. Ross/Worth Gwynn Ross), Non-Indian, 1854-1916  Search this

Abby G.W. Ross (Abby Gibbs Wood Ross/Mrs. Worth G. Ross), Non-Indian, 1855-1927  Search this

Seller:

Abby G.W. Ross (Abby Gibbs Wood Ross/Mrs. Worth G. Ross), Non-Indian, 1855-1927  Search this

Object Name:

Spear model/miniature

Media/Materials:

Wood, animal bone

Techniques:

Barbed

Dimensions:

62.4 cm

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date created:

1900

Collection History:

Collected by Worth G. Ross (1854-1916, of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service), probably between about 1890 to 1905; inherited by his widow Abby Gibbs Wood Ross (1855-1927); purchased by George Heye/MAI from Abby Gibbs Wood Ross in 1916.

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Catalog Number:

5/2893

Barcode:

052893.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69a9713ad-2d9d-4993-a56e-92ac88e1233f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_57192