Root pick
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
label: Previous owner
content: James W. Benham (J.W. Benham), Non-Indian, 1866-1914
label: Seller
content: James W. Benham (J.W. Benham), Non-Indian, 1866-1914
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from James W. Benham (1866-1914, owner of the Benham Indian Trading Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico) in 1904.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1903
label: Barcode
content: 001903.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Root pick
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal bone, wood, sinew
label: Techniques
content: Stitched, carved, knotted, drilled