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Plate

Object Details

Collection History
Collected or excavated by Harold W. Averill (1885-ca. 1935, a dentist and amateur archaeologist who lived in Bethel, Alaska, in the mid 1920s); purchased by MAI from Harold W. Averill in 1927.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
probably Yup'ik (Yupik) (archaeological) (attributed)
Collector
Harold W. Averill (H. W. Averill), Non-Indian, 1885-ca. 1935
Seller
Harold W. Averill (H. W. Averill), Non-Indian, 1885-ca. 1935
Date created
probably AD 1600–1900
Object Name
Plate
Media/Materials
Wood
Techniques
Carved
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
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