Zoomorph

Museum number:

2-6106

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21020006106

Alternate number:

X-2299 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Description:

Spotted seal carved from walrus ivory. Incised markings on back.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

1898

Materials:

Baleen

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Zoomorphic

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

2-5969

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 7 centimeters

Comment:

"could be charm for kayak if had hole" acc. to John Taxsac, 1962

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