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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Iñupiaq [Kowagmiut/Ambler, Alaska]

    Artist/Maker

    Bessie Douglas, Iñupiaq [Kowagmiut/Ambler, Alaska], 1917-1994

    Collector

    Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
    Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003

    Previous owner

    Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990
    Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003

    Donor

    Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian

    Collection History

    Collected by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990), probably between 1973 and 1980 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.

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    Date created

    circa 1975

    Catalog Number

    26/2524

    Barcode

    262524.000

    Object Type

    Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

    Object Name

    Basket

    Media/Materials

    Birchbark, willow root, wood

    Techniques

    Plaited, stitched

    Dimensions

    19 x 20 x 19.7 cm

    Place

    Ambler; NANA Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

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    Iñupiaq [Kowagmiut/Ambler, Alaska]
    Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6408b7c24-6ba0-4aa2-8a49-0eea13ae4495

    Record ID

    NMAI_278636

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