Letter opener
name: label: Culture/People
content: Malemiut Iñupiaq [Kotzebue Sound]
label: Collector
content: Daniel B. Austin (Dan Austin/Daniel Berry Austin), Non-Indian, 1863-1956
label: Previous owner
content: Daniel B. Austin (Dan Austin/Daniel Berry Austin), Non-Indian, 1863-1956
label: Previous owner
content: Roy Latham, Non-Indian, 1881-1979
label: Previous owner
content: New York State Archaeological Association Museum (Southold Indian Museum), 1925-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1896 by Daniel Berry Austin (1863-1956, a Standard Oil employee who collected many kinds of items); given by Daniel Austin to amateur naturalist Roy Latham (1881-1979) at an unknown date; donated by Roy Latham to the New York State Archaeological Association Museum (the Southold Indian Museum, Southold, New York), possibly in 1969; acquired by MAI in 1974 through an exchange with the New York State Archaeological Association Museum.
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: Koyuk; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Malemiut Iñupiaq [Kotzebue Sound]
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/124
label: Barcode
content: 250124.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Letter opener
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved