Carving

Museum number:
2-184
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Polar bear with seal in mouth, carved walrus ivory. Polar bear eating seal.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965), S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-184, described as Polar bear with seal in mouth, carved walrus ivory. Polar bear eating seal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-184, described as Polar bear with seal in mouth, carved walrus ivory. Polar bear eating seal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-184, described as Polar bear with seal in mouth, carved walrus ivory. Polar bear eating seal.

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