Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased from Beulah Nowpakahok (Siberian Yupik) by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) in 1975 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Thule Tradition: Punuk Stage (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- Beulah Nowpakahok (Beaulah Okhtokiyuk/Mrs. Leonard Nowpakahok), Siberian Yupik [Gambell, St. Lawrence Island]
- Previous owner
- Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
- Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
- Donor
- Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian
- Date created
- probably AD 800–1400
- Object Name
- Gaff
- Media/Materials
- Ivory
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 23.4 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
