Culture/People:

probably Gwich'in (Kutchin) (attributed); said to have been acquired from the Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]  Search this

Collector:

Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946  Search this

Previous owner:

Dorr F. Tozier (D. F. Tozier), Non-Indian, 1843-1946  Search this

Seattle Land and Improvement Company  Search this

Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921  Search this

Seller:

Seattle Land and Improvement Company  Search this

Fred E. Sander (Fred Everett Sander), Non-Indian, 1854-1921  Search this

Seller agent:

George Louis Berg (G. L. Berg), Non-Indian, 1868-1941  Search this

Object Name:

Snowshoes

Media/Materials:

Wood, hide

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Transportation Items

Place:

Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Collection History:

Collected between 1894 and 1907 by Captain Dorr F. Tozier (1843-1926, associated with the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service); Tozier's collection was purchased in 1909 by the Washington State Art Association (Seattle, Washington); when the Association defaulted on its payments for the collection in 1916, it became the property of the Seattle Land Improvement Company, owned by Fred E. Sander (1854-1921); in 1917, George Louis Berg (1868-1941, director of the Washington State Art Association) negotiated on Fred Sander’s behalf to sell the collection, which was purchased that year by MAI using funds donated by MAI’s Board of Trustees.

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Catalog Number:

7/3272

Barcode:

073272.000

See related items:

Gwich'in (Kutchin)

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Transportation Items

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65e29688d-1e46-4bcf-a79e-ca0c60ca1500

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_78894