An Aleutian Burial

Description: 

Discovered by the Stoll-McCracken Arctic Expedition of 1928 of the American Museum of Natural History, one Aleutian grave may be characterized as a driftwood sarcophagus containing four mummies buried on the flat top of a precipitous islet near Unalaska Island. All graves are difficult to find; some are on islands. Several mummies are described. Footnotes. Sketches. Photos.

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Death, Tribal Actions
Original Date: 
1929
Creator: 
Suk, V
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Records indicate that the UNM Health Sciences Library owns a copy of this item, but there may be a need to clear rights with a copyright holder prior to sharing with the public.
Source: 
Anthropologie; American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers. 31:219-38
Identifier: 
9900914
Subject: 
Alaska Natives, Burial, Mortuary Practices, Mummies
Type: 
Monograph