Blubber hook
name: label: Culture/People
content: Nunivagmiut Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Nunivak Island]
label: Previous owner
content: Rockwell Gardiner (Rocky Gardiner), Non-Indian, 1911-1986
label: Previous owner
content: Avis Gardiner (Mrs. Rockwell Gardiner), Non-Indian, 1907-1998
label: Seller
content: Rockwell Gardiner (Rocky Gardiner), Non-Indian, 1911-1986
label: Seller
content: Avis Gardiner (Mrs. Rockwell Gardiner), Non-Indian, 1907-1998
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Stamford, Connecticut, antique dealers Rockwell Gardiner (1911-1986) and his wife Avis Gardiner (1907-1998) in 1954.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Bering Sea Islands
label: Island Name
content: Nunivak Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Nunivagmiut Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Nunivak Island]
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/4331
label: Barcode
content: 224331.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Blubber hook
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, ivory, hide
label: Techniques
content: Carved