Game call (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1800
- Culture/People
- possibly Iñupiaq (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller agent
- Joseph E. Standley (J. E. Standley), Non-Indian, 1854-1940
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1916 from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (Seattle, Washington), which was owned and operated by James E. Standley (1854-1940), using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Knight Island; Chugach Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
- Archipelago
- Gulf of Alaska Islands
- Island Name
- Knight Island
- See related items
- Iñupiaq (archaeological)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/3129
- Barcode
- 053129.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Game call (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_56952