Bead/beads
- Date created
- 1870-1930
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian; used by the Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
- Excavator
- Estelle Oozevaseuk (Penapak/Estelle Silook), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island], 1920-2013
- Previous owner
- Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
- Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
- Donor
- Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Found in 10 feet of permafrost in former village sites by Estelle Oozevaseuk (Penapak, Siberian Yupik, 1920-2013); given to Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) in 1979 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.
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- Place
- Gambell; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Bering Sea Islands
- Island Name
- Saint Lawrence Island
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/2530
- Barcode
- 262530.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 1.5 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_278642