Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Donor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mrs. Thea Kowne Page; donated to MAI by Thea Page Heye following her marriage to George Heye in 1915.
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- Date created
- 1880-1900
- Catalog Number
- 4/5319
- Barcode
- 045319.000
- Object Type
- Weaving tools/equipment
- Indigenous Term
- nigaqtutilaagun (alternate term: kuvriñ)
- Object Name
- Net gauge with seal designs
- Media/Materials
- Walrus Ivory, iron
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm
- Place
- Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq
- Weaving tools/equipment
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_48810
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bfeae843-7dbf-41e8-a583-fe4d49c342ca
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