Figure
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yup'ik [Bristol Bay]
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
label: Previous owner
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1870; formerly in the collection of Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899); acquired from George T. Emmons by Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines) in 1902; purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Bristol Bay; Bristol Bay Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yup'ik [Bristol Bay]
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8695
label: Barcode
content: 008695.002
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised