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Object Number
2004.29.25027
Display Title
Three Alaskan mummies
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Eskimo / (Eskimouan) / Mummies from Knights Island. Alaska. / Prince William Sound. / Probably Eskimo / Gift of Professor Turner. History Dept. 1920."
Department
Photographic
Date
before 1920
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Knight Island, Prince William Sound
Dimensions
Overall: 8.255 × 10.9538 cm (3 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Frederick Jackson Turner
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