Publication

1976 - Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

29,250 words, Guess

Page Count

117 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC301.451/9/7
  • LCCGN2 .F4 vol. 67
  • LCCE99.E7 .F4 vol. 67

Description

The Bruce Port Clarence collection must be included among the significant assemblages of nineteenth-century Alaskan Eskimo material culture in American and European museums. The Bruce collection is sufficiently varied so that items of material culture can be described and discussed within the following use categories: sea and land hunting, fishing, tools and manufactures, household equipment, clothing, transportation, ceremonial equipment, personal adornment, smoking complex, toys and models, and raw materials.

Subjects

Topics

EskimosCatalogsMaterial cultureEthnological collectionsField Museum of Natural HistoryBruce, Miner Wait -- Ethnological collectionsEskimos -- Material culture -- Alaska -- Port Clarence

Places

AlaskaPort Clarence

People

Miner Wait Bruce

Series Statement

  • Fieldiana -- v. 67
  • Field Museum of Natural History. Publication -- 1244
  • Publication (Field Museum of Natural History) -- 1244.

Other Editions

  • The Bruce Collection of Eskimo material culture from Port Clarence, AlaskaField Museum of Natural History1976-01-01

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