Bucket handle
date: label: Date created
content: 1880-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]
label: Collector
content: Louis Levy, Non-Indian, 1866-1947
label: Previous owner
content: Louis Levy, Non-Indian, 1866-1947
label: Previous owner
content: Judge Nathan Bijur, Non-Indian, 1862-1930
label: Previous owner
content: Lilly Prochownick Bijur (Mrs. Nathan Bijur), Non-Indian, 1867-1944
label: Previous owner
content: Harry Bijur (Harry Ash Bijur), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
label: Previous owner
content: Madeline Bijur (Mrs. Harry Bijur), Non-Indian, 1901-1982
label: Donor
content: Harry Bijur (Harry Ash Bijur), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
label: Donor
content: Madeline Bijur (Mrs. Harry Bijur), Non-Indian, 1901-1982
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected from an elderly Native man by Louis Levy (1866-1947, an Alaskan fur buyer) in 1913 or 1914; purchased from Louis Levy in 1914 by Judge Nathan Bijur (1862-1930); inherited by Bijur's widow Lilly Prochownick Bijur (1867-1944) and son Harry Ash Bijur (1887-1972); donated to MAI by Harry Bijur and his wife Madeline Bijur (1901-1982) in 1965.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Big Diomede Island; Chukotka Autonomous Okrug; Siberia; Russia
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Big Diomede Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [Diomedes]
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/5644
label: Barcode
content: 235644.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bucket handle
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 55.9 cm