Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Major Jacob A.L. Möller (1883-1957, a collector of Latin American antiquities and a New York City manufacturer and importer); donated to MAI by Major Möller in 1947.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]
- Previous owner
- Major J. A. L. Möller (Jacob A.L. Möller/Monty Möller), Non-Indian, 1883-1957
- Donor
- Major J. A. L. Möller (Jacob A.L. Möller/Monty Möller), Non-Indian, 1883-1957
- Object Name
- Root pick
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, baleen
- Techniques
- Tied, carved, perforated
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
