Native American Indian artifact from the Fry collection - Eskimo Picker

Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0173

Category: Picker - Berry Picker

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1900-1925

Materials: Wood and metal nails

Description: Berry picking implement, wooden with dished out cavity and nails to pull the berries from the vines as they ripened in the long days of early summer.

Dimensions: 8" +/-

Provenance:

Claire Fejes, Fairbanks, Alaska (bottom) J. Steve and Anita Shearer, Torrance, CA. (top)

Exhibitions:

Lure of the Arctic, Cincinnati Art Museum, October 2007 - January 2008