Slippers
date: label: Date created
content: 1935-1940
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island] (attributed)
label: Possible collector
content: Michael Lerner, Non-Indian, 1890-1978
label: Possible collector
content: Helen Lerner (Mrs. Michael Lerner), Non-Indian, 1902-1979
label: Previous owner
content: Michael Lerner, Non-Indian, 1890-1978
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Lerner (Mrs. Michael Lerner), Non-Indian, 1902-1979
label: Previous owner
content: Arthur Samuels, Jr., Non-Indian, 1934-2017
label: Donor
content: Arthur Samuels, Jr., Non-Indian, 1934-2017
notes: label: Collection History
content: Probably collected between 1938 and 1940 by Michael Lerner (1890-1978) and his wife Helen Lerner (1902-1979), well-known sport fishers and big-game hunters; given to their nephew Arthur Samuels Jr. (1934-2017) at an unknown date; donated to NMAI by Arthur Samuels Jr. in 2010.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/7997
label: Barcode
content: 267997.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Footwear
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Slippers
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, fur, glass bead/beads, sinew, thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 24.2 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm