Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by geologist and explorer Richard Fenley Hunter (1886-1965) before 1925; inherited by his widow, Hazel M. Hunter (1899-1969); and subsequently by her sister, Marion M. Peler (1905-1992); donated to MAI by Marion Peler in 1970 in memory of Hazel M. Hunter.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Collector
- R. Fenley Hunter (Richard Fenley Hunter), Non-Indian, 1886-1965
- Previous owner
- R. Fenley Hunter (Richard Fenley Hunter), Non-Indian, 1886-1965
- Hazel M. Hunter (Hazel Moyland/Mrs. R. Fenley Hunter), Non-Indian, 1899-1969
- Donor
- Marion Peler, Non-Indian, 1905-1992
- Honoree
- Hazel M. Hunter (Hazel Moyland/Mrs. R. Fenley Hunter), Non-Indian, 1899-1969
- Object Name
- Net gauge
- Media/Materials
- Ivory, wood, cordage
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
