Pipe
- Culture/People
- probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Collector
- Edward W. Nelson (Edward William Nelson/E.W. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1855-1934
- Previous owner
- U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
- Collection History
- Collected in 1877 or 1878 by Edward W. Nelson (1855-1934, a naturalist with the US Army Signal Corps on board the "Corwin") for the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
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- Place
- Saint Michael; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Bering Sea Islands
- Island Name
- Saint Michael Island
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Pipes and Smoking
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/378
- Barcode
- 020378.000
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
- Object Name
- Pipe
- Media/Materials
- Wood, lead, iron, sealskin/fur, ammunition cartridge/cartridges, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped, cast, hammered, strung
- Record ID
- NMAI_21581