Seal scratcher
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
label: Donor
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mrs. Thea Kowne Page; donated to MAI by Thea Page Heye following her marriage to George Heye in 1915.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Bering Strait; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/5216
label: Barcode
content: 045216.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seal scratcher
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, seal claw/claws
label: Techniques
content: Carved