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    Object Details

    Collector

    Mr. Robert Kennicott

    Donor Name

    No Information

    Notes

    THIS DOLL SEEMS TO SAY "KENNICOTT", WHICH IS THE COLLECTOR'S NAME. IF THIS IS SO IT IS PROBABLY A DOLL COLLECTED BY HIM FROM THE KAVIAK ESKIMO, YUKON RIVER, EITHER CATALOG NUMBER 3968 OR 3970 (3968 SEEMS MORE LIKELY.) IVORY, DRESSED IN FURS.

    Record Last Modified

    17 Apr 2017

    Specimen Count

    1

    Culture

    Eskimo

    Accession Date

    1991

    Accession Number

    999999

    USNM Number

    ET955A-0

    Object Type

    Doll

    Unknown - Object

    13 cm

    Place

    Yukon River (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America

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    Anthropology

    Data Source

    NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

    Topic

    Ethnology

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3181db805-b38a-4d38-ab21-8ba0d5b9dec2

    Record ID

    nmnhanthropology_8501264

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    Robert Kennicott

    Robert Kennicott (1835-1866)

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