Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Joseph Hill Hunt (1848-1911, a physician in Brooklyn, New York); purchased by George Heye in 1914, possibly from Dr. Hunt's widow, Emily Benners Hunt (1859-1929).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Dr. Joseph Hill Hunt (Joseph H. Hunt), Non-Indian, 1848-1911
- Possible seller
- Emily Benners Hunt (Mrs. Joseph H. Hunt), Non-Indian, 1859-1929
- Object Name
- Finger ring
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
