Anthropomorphic figure

Museum number:
2-1151
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.
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:
Anthropomorphic and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1151, described as Carved and engraved piece of oval ivory with one-eyed face on one side, conventional face on the other side; string loop on both edges.

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