Pipe
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson (Edward William Nelson/E.W. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1855-1934
label: Previous owner
content: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1877 or 1878 by Edward W. Nelson (1855-1934, a naturalist with the US Army Signal Corps on board the "Corwin") for the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with the US National Museum in 1908.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Saint Michael; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Saint Michael Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Pipes and Smoking
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 2/378
label: Barcode
content: 020378.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipes and Smoking
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Pipe
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, lead, iron, sealskin/fur, ammunition cartridge/cartridges, glass bead/beads
label: Techniques
content: Carved, wrapped, cast, hammered, strung