James Tikiun
date: label: Date created
content: July 9, 1936
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian
label: Artist/Maker
content: Theodor Rosebury (T. Rosebury), Non-Indian, 1904-1976
label: Subject
content: James Tikiun, Cup'ik [Naparagamiut/Hooper Bay]
label: Previous owner
content: Theodor Rosebury (T. Rosebury), Non-Indian, 1904-1976
label: Collector
content: Leuman M. Waugh, DDS (Leuman Maurice Waugh/Dr. L.M. Waugh), Non-Indian, 1877-1972
label: Previous owner
content: Leuman M. Waugh, DDS (Leuman Maurice Waugh/Dr. L.M. Waugh), Non-Indian, 1877-1972
label: Previous owner
content: Rankin Museum of American Heritage (Rankin Museum of American and Natural History)
label: Seller
content: Rankin Museum of American Heritage (Rankin Museum of American and Natural History)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Theodor Rosebury is often called the "grandfather of modern oral microbiology," and he conducted research in Alaska with Leuman Maurice Waugh (1877-1972), a dentist, explorer, and lecturer who advocated for the dental health of northern indigenous communities and documented his work and travels with photography. Waugh's research on the teeth and diet of indigenous communities took him to Labrador, Canada, between 1921 and 1927 and to twelve Alaskan Native communities between 1929 and 1938. This drawing was probably given to Waugh by Rosebury soon after its completion. After Waugh's death, his photographs and papers were donated to the Rankin Museum of American Heritage (Ellerbe, North Carolina), founded by Dr. Pressley R. Rankin, Jr. and Paula Rankin. In 2001, NMAI purchased Waugh's collection of papers, photographic materials, and Arctic artifacts from the Rankin Museum.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Hooper Bay; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/5706
label: Barcode
content: 265706.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: James Tikiun
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, graphite
label: Techniques
content: Drawn
label: Dimensions
content: 23 x 28 cm