Tree Sump with stone Ax Cuts
Gwich'in
Chandalar Kutchin
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
collected 1933
Wood
Overall: 12 5/8 in. (32 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Robert A. McKennan, Class of 1925
33.2.4634
Geography
Place Made: Chandalar River region, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Professor Robert Addison McKennan [Dartmouth Class of 1925, 1903-1982), during his field research studying the Chandalar Kutchin people, Alaska, Summer 1933; given to present collection, 1933.
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