Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Yup'ik (Yupik) (attributed)
- Collector
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Previous owner
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Seller
- Adams Hollis Twitchell (A. H. Twitchell), Non-Indian, 1872-1949
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collected by Bethel, Alaska, trader Adams Hollis Twitchell (1872-1949), probably between 1905 and 1916; purchased by MAI from A. H. Twitchell in 1919 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Date created
- circa 1905
- Catalog Number
- 9/3436
- Barcode
- 093436.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Crane figure used as a dance accessory
- Media/Materials
- Driftwood, cotton twine/string, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, tied
- Dimensions
- 70.2 x 27.8 x 46 cm
- Place
- Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Yup'ik (Yupik)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_100619
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60aa31338-c66e-4e17-9191-fa118e91f114
