Pipe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mildred M. Hazen
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. in BAE 18th AR, pt. 1; Pl. CVII-b; p. 446 "Ivory pipestem with etched figures of the man-worm and the thunderbird." Illus.: U.S.N.M. A.R. for 1895, Pl. 63, p. 859. 1/83 SITES Inua loan. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE USIA 1988, Pl. 7, p. 9." USIA Inua catalogue shows a detail of the engraving on the ivory pipestem and identifies it: "The many legged creature with the human head is Tisukhpuk, the Great Worm, who devours unsuspecting humans. The large bird is Tinmiukpuk, the Thunderbird, which is so strong that it can carry away humans, caribou, adn even whales in its claws."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025748
label: USNM Number
content: E154075-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pipe