Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by documentary photographer Merl La Voy (1885-1953) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Merl La Voy in 1926.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Collector
- Merl La Voy, Non-Indian, 1885-1953
- Previous owner
- Merl La Voy, Non-Indian, 1885-1953
- Donor
- Merl La Voy, Non-Indian, 1885-1953
- Object Name
- Fishing net
- Media/Materials
- Baleen
- Techniques
- Knotted
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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