Tobacco container

Culture/People
probably Yup'ik (Yupik) (attributed)
Collector
Edward W. Nelson (Edward William Nelson/E.W. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1855-1934
Previous owner
U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
Collection History
Collected in 1879 by Edward W. Nelson (1855-1934, a naturalist with the US Army Signal Corps on board the "Corwin") for the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
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Place
Kashunuk Village (historical), Kashunuk River; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
See related items
Yup'ik (Yupik)
Pipes and Smoking
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/380
Barcode
020380.000
Object Type
Pipes and Smoking
Object Name
Tobacco container
Media/Materials
Wood, animal gut/intestines, ivory
Techniques
Incised
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f3c9acda-5b48-4116-9d2a-1c5624985a3e
Record ID
NMAI_21583