Donor Name:

Lucien M. Turner  Search this

Object Type:

Carving

Place:

Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America

Accession Date:

16 Dec 1879

Notes:

FROM CARD: "CURVED BEAK, HOLE THROUGH TAIL. BAND OF DOTS ACROSS BACK. LINE AROUND NECK. INVENTORIED 1979."

E35901, 35911, and 35914 are Illus. Fig. 119a, p. 113 in Black, Lydia. 2003. Aleut art = Unangam aguqaadangin. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers. They are identified there as miniature bird carvings collected on Atka.

Record Last Modified:

9 Feb 2016

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

79A00065

USNM Number:

E35911-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e204619c-d2f9-4876-a1d2-57e3d7e1bb4f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8405771