Snuff box

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Date created: circa 1890

Culture/People: Iñupiaq
Previous owner: Daniel Sidney Brown, Non-Indian, 1853-1919
Auction venue: The Walpole Galleries

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Daniel Sidney Brown (1853-1919, a St. Louis, Missouri, businessman and collector of snuff boxes and ivory objects); purchased by MAI in 1923 at an auction of items from Daniel Sidney Brown's collection held at the Walpole Galleries (New York City).
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Place: Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq; Pipes and Smoking
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/8177
Barcode: 118177.000

Object Type: Pipes and Smoking
Indigenous Term: perutku

Object Name: Snuff box
Media/Materials: Wood, glass bead/beads, hide
Techniques: Carved, inlaid
Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64cbc33ab-f192-4e68-bb0f-21e59bb315f7

Record ID: NMAI_127320