Walrus figure

Museum number:
2-6088
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006088
Alternate number:
x-2281 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11.6 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 570.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #45: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (December 8, 1966–December 8, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Walrus figure, accession number 2-6088, described as For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Walrus figure, accession number 2-6088, described as For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Walrus figure, accession number 2-6088, described as For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Walrus figure, accession number 2-6088, described as For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Walrus figure, accession number 2-6088, described as For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Walrus figure, accession number 2-6088, described as For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Walrus figure, accession number 2-6088, described as For kayak (?); carved walrus of walrus ivory; seperately carved tusks.

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