Collector: Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds / Donor: Alaska Commercial Company

Museum number:: 2-6793
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings, 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies, and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 64 centimeters, height 33.5 centimeters, and width 42 centimeters
Collector:: Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:: Western Alaska
Collection date:: 1890-1891

Museum number:: 2-6626
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 11.3 centimeters
Collector:: Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: ca. 1891

Museum number:: 2-6476
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: width 35.1 centimeters and height 40 centimeters
Collector:: Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds and Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898
Taxon:: Rangifer tarandus caribou

Museum number:: 2-7229
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Trousers
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: measurements for storage— length 88 centimeters, length 82 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 32 centimeters
Collector:: Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

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