Yo-yo
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- Date created
- 1960-1970
- Culture/People
- probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Collector
- Merlin Hugo Menk, Non-Indian, 1922-2008
- Previous owner
- Merlin Hugo Menk, Non-Indian, 1922-2008
- Suzanne Stevenson, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Suzanne Stevenson, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased in the 1960s by Merlin H. Menk (1922-2008) during a trip to Alaska, and given to his daughter Suzanne Stevenson; donated to NMAI in 2006 by Suzanne Stevenson.
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- Place
- Kotzebue Sound; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/5642
- Barcode
- 265642.000
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Object Name
- Yo-yo
- Media/Materials
- Hide, glass bead/beads, sealskin/fur, baleen, cotton thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, tied, overlay beadwork
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_281869