Box with cover

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Culture/People: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
Previous owner: Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
Seller: Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
MAI agent: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from the Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Washington) during a trip to the Pacific Northwest in 1938.
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Place: Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation, Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 19/8735
Barcode: 198735.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Box with cover
Media/Materials: Wood, animal bone, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Incised, pyroengraved, perforated, laced

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ca9dbd62-0185-4300-9f12-acbe4b25ffd1

Record ID: NMAI_212409