Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Collector
- Merlin Hugo Menk, Non-Indian, 1922-2008
- Previous owner
- Merlin Hugo Menk, Non-Indian, 1922-2008
- Suzanne Stevenson, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Suzanne Stevenson, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased in the 1960s by Merlin H. Menk (1922-2008) during a trip to Alaska, and given to his daughter Suzanne Stevenson; donated to NMAI in 2006 by Suzanne Stevenson.
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- Date created
- 1960-1970
- Catalog Number
- 26/5641
- Barcode
- 265641.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Object Name
- Boots
- Media/Materials
- Sealskin/fur, commercially tanned leather, corduroy, satin, commercial suede thong
- Techniques
- Sewn, cut, dyed
- Dimensions
- 24 x 10 x 24 cm
- Place
- Kotzebue Sound; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_281868
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b391fab9-33af-4e34-a77c-fb41168ec8a5
