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NA1518

From: Alaska | Kuskokwim River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1518
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Kuskokwim River
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment | Metal
Description

Made from two pieces of wood. The face or upper surface is painted with a face in black and red and nailed to the base. Sides have red pigment. 3 wooden frets along the neck and a tuning peg inserted at the head. No strings attached. Reverse is cracked and undecorated.

Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1907

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