Cooking vessel

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Culture/People: probably Copper Inuit (attributed)
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1919 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Banks Island; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Northwest Territories; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Banks Island
Island Grouping: South Canadian Arctic Islands

See related items: Copper Inuit; Food Gathering and Preparation

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 9/2581
Barcode: 092581.000

Object Type: Food Gathering and Preparation

Object Name: Cooking vessel
Media/Materials: Steatite/soapstone
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e8fd0d7f-6ff5-453e-b8f3-ba4b3c806350

Record ID: NMAI_99708