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Culture/People
Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
Previous owner
Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
Seller
Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
Object Name
Box
Media/Materials
Baleen, ivory, hide thong/babiche
Techniques
Carved
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Place
Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from the Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Washington) in 1953.