Zoomorphic figures

Museum number:
2-2870a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022870a@2de
Alternate number:
2-2870-74 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2870a-e, described as Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2870a-e, described as Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2870a-e, described as Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2870a-e, described as Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2870a-e, described as Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2870a-e, described as Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2870a-e, described as Carved zoomorphic bones with engraved and darkened features; a), e) are otters, b), d) are seals, and c) is seal-like but has an imaginary head.

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