Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired from Arctic Studio (a curio shop in Victoria, British Columbia) in 1936 by Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Yup'ik (Yupik) or Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Arctic Studio
- Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous seller
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous owner
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Seller
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Object Name
- Twine/cord
- Media/Materials
- Sea lion gut/intestines
- Techniques
- Spun
- Object Type
- Materials: Prepared
