Wooden Carving Idol
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1878
name: label: Collector
content: Adolf E. Nordenskiöld
label: Collector
content: Vega Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: This object was catalogued in 1884 and identified as given by the Royal Museum of Sweden. It is listed as collected by A. E. Nordenskiold, from the "Vaigatsch Samoyeds". "Vaigatsch" presumably refers to Vaygach Island. Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld most probably collected this object in 1878 while on the Vega Expedition. Other objects given by the Royal Museum of Sweden in 1884 are identified as from the Vega Expedition. In 1878-1880 the Vega expedition in the Arctic Ocean took place. The expedition was headed by polar explorer Nordenskiöld; the ship used was the Vega. The purpose of the expedition was to study the Arctic coast along Russian Siberia, and look for the Northeast Passage. See Chapter 2, pp. 71 - 104, of Vol. 1 of Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik). Translated by Leslie, A. (1881). The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe: with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old world. London: Macmillan and co.. Nordenskiöld describes a trip to "Vaygats" Island, where some collecting was done; see especially the illustration of "idols" [sic] on p. 94, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.tz1rxc&view=1up&seq=140 .
label: Notes
content: Reference: Krupnik, Igor & Schultz, Martin. (2020). Dispersal and Reunion – The Saga of the “Vega” Expedition Chukchi Collection, 1878–2020. In Archiv 69: Archiv Weltmuseum Wien. 106-137.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arctic Ocean / Kara Sea / Vaygach Island, Russia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoyed (Nenets)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E73200-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial Object