Carving

Culture/People
Yup'ik [Norton Sound]
Collector
Lucien M. Turner, Non-Indian, 1848-1909
Previous owner
U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
Collection History
Probably collected between 1874 and 1877 by Lucien M. Turner (1848-1909, of the US Army Signal Corps); acquired by the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) in 1887; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
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Place
Saint Michael; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
Saint Michael Island
See related items
Yup'ik [Norton Sound]
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/409
Barcode
020409.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Object Name
Carving
Media/Materials
Animal Bone
Techniques
Incised, carved
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a184ad68-c81e-4500-8e21-756fe74d18ea
Record ID
NMAI_21612