Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1897 and 1924 by Albert E. Thompson (ca. 1867-1943), who worked for the US government providing training in reindeer management on St. Lawrence Island and in other parts of Alaska; purchased by MAI from Albert E. Thompson in 1924.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Siberian Yupik [Kokuluk, St. Lawrence Island]
- Collector
- Albert E. Thompson (A. E. Thompson), Non-Indian, ca. 1867-1943
- Seller
- Albert E. Thompson (A. E. Thompson), Non-Indian, ca. 1867-1943
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1875
- Object Name
- Figural group
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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