Ceremonial Spinner
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1883
name: label: Collector
content: Lt P.H. Ray
label: Collector
content: John Murdoch
label: Collector
content: Middleton Smith
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Signal Service
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. in BAE 9th AR, fig. 374-b, p. 377. Illus. in BAE 24th AR, fig. 1015-b, p. 754. Illus. USNM Rept, 1894; fig. 146, p. 719."
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=637 , retrieved 1-7-2022; see web page for additional information: Ceremonial spinner, Inupiaq. During Kiavsaq, the Top Dance, a performer pulled the cord to spin an inverted top made from wood or the tip of a mountain sheep horn. Down feathers glued lightly to the top flew off into the air, signaling good whaling and hunting in the coming year.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013712
label: USNM Number
content: E89807-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Top
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7.9 cm