Culture/People:

Unangax̂ (Aleut)  Search this

Previous owner:

Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966  Search this

Seller:

Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928  Search this

Object Name:

Sewing kit

Media/Materials:

Animal bone, rawhide, metal thimble/thimbles, glass bead/beads, fossil ivory, ivory

Techniques:

Carved, inlaid, strung, overlay beadwork

Object Type:

Sewing Tools and Equipment

Place:

Aleutian Islands; Aleut Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)

Archipelago:

Aleutian Islands

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from the Fred Harvey Company (Indian arts dealers in the Southwest) in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).

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Catalog Number:

6/2398

Barcode:

062398.000

See related items:

Unangax̂ (Aleut)

Sewing Tools and Equipment

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c4262ba6-fc83-4038-9405-44c89c9ad8ef

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_66961