Hair comb

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Culture/People: Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [St. Lawrence Island]
Collector: Farrar Burn, Non-Indian, 1888-1974; June Burn (Inez June Chandler Burn/Mrs. Farrar Burn), Non-Indian, 1893-1969
Previous owner: Farrar Burn, Non-Indian, 1888-1974; June Burn (Inez June Chandler Burn/Mrs. Farrar Burn), Non-Indian, 1893-1969
Seller: Farrar Burn, Non-Indian, 1888-1974

Collection History: Collected by Farrar Burn (1888-1974) and his wife June Chandler Burn (1893-1969) between 1920 and 1921 when they taught in a school on Saint Lawrence Island; purchased by MAI from Farrar Burn in 1923.
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Place: Saint Lawrence Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Saint Lawrence Island

See related items: Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/6735
Barcode: 116735.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Hair comb
Media/Materials: Ivory
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6682ac73d-fb53-4aa9-9369-5819bc3efb80

Record ID: NMAI_125746