Culture/People:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]  Search this

Previous owner:

Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933  Search this

Seller:

Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Bag handle

Media/Materials:

Ivory

Techniques:

Perforated

Object Type:

Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Place:

Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank H. Wood (1851-1933), a collector and curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in New Bedford, Massachusetts; purchased by MAI from Frank Wood in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.

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Catalog Number:

5/2945

Barcode:

052945.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d4102a2b-26cd-485a-9e24-3bc6926fdf55

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_57246