Woman's boots
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Farrar Burn (1888-1974) and his wife June Chandler Burn (1893-1969) between 1920 and 1921 when they taught in a school on Saint Lawrence Island; purchased by MAI from Farrar Burn in 1923.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 11/6766
- Barcode
- 116766.000
- Culture/People
- probably Siberian Yupik (attributed); collected from the St. Lawrence Island Yupik
- Collector
- Farrar Burn, Non-Indian, 1888-1974
- June Burn (Inez June Chandler Burn/Mrs. Farrar Burn), Non-Indian, 1893-1969
- Previous owner
- Farrar Burn, Non-Indian, 1888-1974
- June Burn (Inez June Chandler Burn/Mrs. Farrar Burn), Non-Indian, 1893-1969
- Seller
- Farrar Burn, Non-Indian, 1888-1974
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Indigenous Term
- estulluyaghik
- Object Name
- Woman's boots
- Media/Materials
- Caribou hide/skin, bearded seal/ugruk hide/skin, caribou hair, whale sinew
- Techniques
- Sewn, embroidered
- Place
- Eastern Siberia; Siberia; Russia (inferred)
- See related items
- Siberian Yupik
- Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
- Clothing/Garments: Footwear
- Record ID
- NMAI_125777
