Object Details
- Culture/People
- Inughuit [Cape York]
- Artist/Maker
- Minik Wallace (Mene Wallace), Inughuit [Cape York], ca. 1890-1918
- Previous owner
- Minik Wallace (Mene Wallace), Inughuit [Cape York], ca. 1890-1918
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Minik Wallace (Inughuit, ca. 1890-1918), who was brought to New York City with his family in 1897 by Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary (1856-1920); probably acquired by Minik Wallace when he returned to Greenland after 1910; purchased by MAI from Minik Wallace in 1917.
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- Catalog Number
- 5/9855
- Barcode
- 059855.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Object Name
- Man's boots
- Media/Materials
- Sealskin/fur
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Place
- Cape York; Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
- Geographical Areas
- Eastern Arctic
- See related items
- Inughuit [Cape York]
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_64530
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fe7698e2-19ef-4d62-b7c8-30c0bd3c7e6e
