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Culture/People: Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [St. Lawrence Island]
Collector: Arnold Liebes (Arnold Lloyd Liebes), Non-Indian, 1889-1957
Seller: Arnold Liebes (Arnold Lloyd Liebes), Non-Indian, 1889-1957

Collection History: Collected in 1923 by Arnold Liebes (1889-1957, a San Francisco furrier who did business in Alaska); purchased by MAI from Arnold Liebes 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]; Sewing Tools and Equipment: Notions

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 12/4086
Barcode: 124086.000

Object Type: Sewing Tools and Equipment: Notions

Object Name: Button
Media/Materials: Ivory
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b802f8ef-5d8c-4193-80af-570aa9cc0c03

Record ID: NMAI_133572