Comb
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1875
- Culture/People
- Siberian Yupik [Kokuluk, St. Lawrence Island]
- Collector
- Albert E. Thompson (A. E. Thompson), Non-Indian, ca. 1867-1943
- Seller
- Albert E. Thompson (A. E. Thompson), Non-Indian, ca. 1867-1943
- Collection History
- Collected between 1897 and 1924 by Albert E. Thompson (ca. 1867-1943), who worked for the US government providing training in reindeer management on St. Lawrence Island and in other parts of Alaska; purchased by MAI from Albert E. Thompson in 1924.
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- Place
- Kookoolik (Kukulik, Kokuluk); Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Bering Sea Islands
- Island Name
- Saint Lawrence Island
- See related items
- Siberian Yupik [Kokuluk, St. Lawrence Island]
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 13/3538
- Barcode
- 133538.000
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
- Object Name
- Comb
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_143510