Hair comb

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Culture/People: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]
Collector: Captain Joseph-Fidèle Bernard (Captain Joseph Bernard), Non-Indian, 1878-1972
Previous owner: Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
Seller: Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)

Collection History: Collected between 1910 and 1922 by Joseph-Fidèle Bernard (1878-1972, captain of the schooner "Teddy Bear" and collector of Arctic material); purchased by MAI from the Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Washington) in 1922.
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Place: Coronation Gulf; Kitkmeot Region (Qitirmiut); Nunavut; Canada

See related items: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]; Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/3278
Barcode: 113278.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Hair comb
Media/Materials: Animal Bone
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws610ed4f64-672b-44e8-acf5-b93a95aa7658

Record ID: NMAI_122106