Flatware/Knife and fork

Date created
1920-1923
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]
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
11/6743
Barcode
116743.000
Object Type
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Object Name
Flatware/Knife and fork
Media/Materials
Ivory
Techniques
Carved, cutout
Dimensions
18.5 x 2 x 15 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6df2269ff-fbce-4ebf-b52b-b22aed84a512
Record ID
NMAI_125754