Tobacco/Quid box and lid

Date created
circa 1870
Culture/People
Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
Collector
Edward W. Nelson (Edward William Nelson/E.W. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1855-1934
Previous owner
U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
Collection History
Collected in 1879 by Edward W. Nelson (1855-1934, a naturalist with the US Army Signal Corps on board the "Corwin") for the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
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Place
Lower Kuskokwim River; Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
See related items
Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
Pipes and Smoking
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/379
Barcode
020379.000
Object Type
Pipes and Smoking
Object Name
Tobacco/Quid box and lid
Media/Materials
Wood, ivory, hide thong/babiche
Techniques
Carved, inlaid, drilled, tied
Dimensions
5.5 x 5 x 5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws626ae9b8d-d03a-4652-b401-0fbfad06e88b
Record ID
NMAI_21582