Object Details
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected by "Captain Parker" (of Castine, Maine) in 1876; purchased by George Heye/MAI from an unknown source in 1916.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Collector
- Captain Parker, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Captain Parker, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Knife
- Media/Materials
- Antler, iron, hide
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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