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Box

Native NameKig-I-U-Nahk
Object Number:42211
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Eskimo
Provenience: Alaska
Point Barrow
Culture Area: Arctic Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Antler
Technique:Engraved
Credit Line:E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899
Other Number:961 - Field No SF

Description

Small antler box. Kig-i-u-nah(k). Engraved.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) View Objects in Exhibition
The Shadow Catcher: E.S. Curtis (01 Feb 1980 - 01 Aug 1980) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Maurer, Evan M. 1977. The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art.. Chicago, IL. The Art Institute of Chicago. pg. 351 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 339, fig 558View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Mason, John A. 1927. "Eskimo Pictorial Art". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 18. no. 3. pg. 248-283 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 249View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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