Men's house model

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Date created: circa 1900

Culture/People: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
Previous owner: Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank H. Wood (1851-1933), a collector and curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in New Bedford, Massachusetts; acquired by MAI circa 1916.
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Place: Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]; Architecture/Housing
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/3662
Barcode: 053662.000

Object Type: Architecture/Housing
Indigenous Term: qasgiq

Object Name: Men's house model
Media/Materials: Wood, ivory, hide thong/babiche, ink
Techniques: Carved, drilled, pegged, incised, colored
Dimensions: 37 x 30 x 18 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d3e75794-e072-4704-9f2d-140fe81d8bae

Record ID: NMAI_57983