Dipper
- Culture/People
- probably Inuit (attributed)
- Possible Expedition
- Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884)
- Expedition leader
- General Adolphus Washington Greeley (General A. W. Greeley), Non-Indian, 1844-1935
- Previous seller
- (unknown first name) Rose, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Possibly collected between 1881 and 1884 by members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, led by Adolphus W. Greeley (1844-1935); acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1912 from an individual named “Rose”; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Nunavut; Canada (inferred)
- See related items
- Inuit
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/884
- Barcode
- 040884.000
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Object Name
- Dipper
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_43901