Crab net/pot

Culture/People
Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
Possible collector
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Previous owner
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952
Donor
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952
Collection History
Possibly collected by Alonzo Eugene Austin (1868-1948, a New York City doctor of homeopathy who spent his boyhood in Alaska as the son of Presbyterian missionary parents); donated to MAI by Dr. Austin and his wife Sarah Hall Austin (1871-1952) in 1930.
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Place
Point Hope; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
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Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
16/8209
Barcode
168209.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Crab net/pot
Media/Materials
Animal Bone, baleen
Techniques
Knotted, bent
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6994d15d3-fa37-4c48-b4a6-d0732425d24d
Record ID
NMAI_180208