Snuff box and snuff tube

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Date created: circa 1880

Culture/People: probably Yup'ik (Yupik) (attributed)
Collector: Israel C. Russell, Non-Indian, 1851-1906
Previous owner: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)

Collection History: Collected in 1889 by geologist Israel C. Russell (1851-1906) during a survey of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers; donated to the US National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) in 1902; acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
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Place: Lower Yukon River; Yukon River; Calista Native Corporation, Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Yup'ik (Yupik); Pipes and Smoking
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/375
Barcode: 020375.000

Object Type: Pipes and Smoking

Object Name: Snuff box and snuff tube
Media/Materials: Wood, animal bone, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Carved, incised, cut, wrapped
Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f9eff3d8-aa99-4426-80a6-ce640431cf0d

Record ID: NMAI_21578