Drum frame

Museum number:
2-6486
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2679 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
With carved ivory walrus handle. Head missing. Handle is composite of polar bear with pinnedin dangling separately carved human legs.
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:
Ivory (material)
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
21.5 centimeters and 36 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1972-1973 #60: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 9, 1973–June 19, 1973), and S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum frame, accession number 2-6486, described as With carved ivory walrus handle. Head missing. Handle is composite of polar bear with pinnedin dangling separately carved human legs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum frame, accession number 2-6486, described as With carved ivory walrus handle. Head missing. Handle is composite of polar bear with pinnedin dangling separately carved human legs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum frame, accession number 2-6486, described as With carved ivory walrus handle. Head missing. Handle is composite of polar bear with pinnedin dangling separately carved human legs.

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