Hunting helmet
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yup'ik (Yupik)
label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson (Edward William Nelson/E.W. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1855-1934
label: Previous owner
content: U.S. National Museum (United States National Museum/National Museum of Natural History)
label: Previous owner
content: Peabody Museum of Salem (Peabody Essex Museum)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1879 by Edward W. Nelson (1855-1934, a naturalist with the US Army Signal Corps on board the "Corwin") for the U.S. National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History); donated by the U.S. National Museum to the Peabody Museum of Salem (now the Peabody Essex Museum) in 1886; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Peabody Museum in 1963.
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: Kaialigamut; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yup'ik (Yupik)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/2292
label: Barcode
content: 232292.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Hunting helmet
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, ivory, conifer root
label: Techniques
content: Carved, bent, stitched