Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by George Byron Gordon (1870-1927, associated with the Free Museum of Science/University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania) in 1905 or 1907; acquired by George Heye in 1908 through an exchange with the Free Museum.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
- Collector
- George Byron Gordon (George B. Gordon/G. B. Gordon), Non-Indian, 1870-1927
- Previous owner
- Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
- Date created
- 1890-1900
- Object Name
- Snuff mortar
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 13 x 10.5 x 8 cm
- Object Type
- Pipes and Smoking
- Indigenous Term
- miilissuun
