Culture/People:

probably Caribou Inuit (attributed)  Search this

Previous owner:

New Bedford Whaling Museum (Old Dartmouth Historical Society)  Search this

Object Name:

Cup

Media/Materials:

Cow horn, wood

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Food/Beverage Serving

Place:

Marble Island; Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada

Archipelago:

Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Island Name:

Marble Island

Island Grouping:

Hudson Bay Islands

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society (New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in 1918.

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Catalog Number:

7/5697

Barcode:

075697.000

See related items:

Caribou Inuit

Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6044e13d9-1e2b-48a6-8dcd-6cf3d5e4fe8a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_81735