Figure of a caribou

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Date created: 1925-1928

Culture/People: Innu
Collector: Dr. William Duncan Strong (W.D. Strong), Non-Indian, 1899-1962
Previous owner: Dr. William Duncan Strong (W.D. Strong), Non-Indian, 1899-1962; Helen Richardson Strong (Helen Langdon Richardson/Mrs. William Duncan Strong), Non-Indian, 1915-1991
Donor: Helen Richardson Strong (Helen Langdon Richardson/Mrs. William Duncan Strong), Non-Indian, 1915-1991

Collection History: Collected in 1927 or 1928 by anthropologist William Duncan Strong (1899-1962) during the Rawson-MacMillan Labrador Expedition while he was on staff at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois; inherited by his widow, Helen Richardson Strong (1905-1991); donated to MAI by Mrs. Strong in 1972.
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Place: Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador; Canada

See related items: Innu; Sculpture/Carving/Figures
On View: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 24/7217
Barcode: 247217.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Figure of a caribou
Media/Materials: Wood
Techniques: Carved
Dimensions: 14 x 7 x 10 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws641e59bc6-1cdb-42e8-8884-0280b4464703

Record ID: NMAI_263018