Carving

Museum number:
2-37900
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Accession number:
Acc.1746
Description:
Ivory seal; partially completed; perforated at the tail.
Donor:
John Taxac and University Appropriation
Collection place:
King Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; King Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Maker or artist:
John Taxac
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
May 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
Carved for the Anthro. Dept. at Davis--"A demonstration of Eskimo carving.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 4.375 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "Ivory furnished by R.L.M.A.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-37900, described as Ivory seal; partially completed; perforated at the tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-37900, described as Ivory seal; partially completed; perforated at the tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-37900, described as Ivory seal; partially completed; perforated at the tail.

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