Story knife
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1875
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
label: Seller
content: Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
label: Previous owner
content: Susan Polk Jones (Susan Rayner Polk/Mrs. Joseph L. Jones), Non-Indian, 1842-1921
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Joseph L. Jones, Non-Indian, 1833-1896
label: Museum agent
content: Otis Tufton Mason, Non-Indian, 1838-1908
label: Previous owner
content: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson (Edward William Nelson/E.W. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1855-1934
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1877 and 1879 by Edward W. Nelson (1855-1934, a naturalist with the US Army Signal Corps on board the "Corwin" and assigned to collect natural and cultural specimens for the U.S. National Museum); in the collection of the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) from 1879 until 1885; exhibited in the Smithsonian section at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (New Orleans, 1884-1885); given to Dr. Joseph L. Jones (1833-1896, New Orleans, Louisiana) by Otis Tufton Mason (1838-1908, a curator at the U.S. National Museum); purchased by George Heye from Dr. Jones's widow, Susan Polk Jones (1842-1921), in 1906.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Kongiganak (Kangirnaq, Konigunugumut); Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
label: See related items
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 7970
label: Barcode
content: 007970.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Games, Toys, Gambling
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Story knife
label: Media/Materials
content: Walrus Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 29.50 x 3.00 x 0.50 cm