Collection place: St. Michael Island, Nome Borough, Alaska / Materials: Baleen

Museum number:: 2-6139a-d
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies, 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions, and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Collection place:: St. Michael Island, Nome Borough, Alaska

Museum number:: 2-4188
Culture or time period:: Malemiut Eskimo
Object class:: Mesh measures
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: length 30 centimeters
Collector:: Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898

Museum number:: 2-4160
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Needle cases
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 11.1 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898
Taxon:: Odobenus rosmarus

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