Seal figure

Museum number:
2-1148
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Oblong piece of ivory with incised and darkened seal face at one end, abstract flippers incised and darkened on body; groove along base.
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
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Seal figure, accession number 2-1148, described as Oblong piece of ivory with incised and darkened seal face at one end, abstract flippers incised and darkened on body; groove along base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal figure, accession number 2-1148, described as Oblong piece of ivory with incised and darkened seal face at one end, abstract flippers incised and darkened on body; groove along base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal figure, accession number 2-1148, described as Oblong piece of ivory with incised and darkened seal face at one end, abstract flippers incised and darkened on body; groove along base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal figure, accession number 2-1148, described as Oblong piece of ivory with incised and darkened seal face at one end, abstract flippers incised and darkened on body; groove along base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal figure, accession number 2-1148, described as Oblong piece of ivory with incised and darkened seal face at one end, abstract flippers incised and darkened on body; groove along base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal figure, accession number 2-1148, described as Oblong piece of ivory with incised and darkened seal face at one end, abstract flippers incised and darkened on body; groove along base.

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