Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1916 from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop (Seattle, Washington), which was owned and operated by James E. Standley (1854-1940), using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Previous owner
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller
- Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
- Seller agent
- Joseph E. Standley (J. E. Standley), Non-Indian, 1854-1940
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Drag part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Walrus bone, hide
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
