Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank H. Waskey (1875-1964, Congressional delegate to the United States House of Representatives for the District of Alaska, 1906-1907, later a miner and curio dealer based in Nome, Alaska); purchased by MAI from Frank Waskey in 1945.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Iñupiaq (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Frank H. Waskey (Frank Hinman Waskey), Non-Indian, 1875-1964
- Seller
- Frank H. Waskey (Frank Hinman Waskey), Non-Indian, 1875-1964
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1850
- Object Name
- Net shuttle
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, perforated
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
