Anthropomorphic figure

Museum number:
2-1431
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Walrus ivory anthropomorphic carving; cylindrical; ovoid perforation in lower half; encircling groove above base; chip at 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
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 15.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1431, described as Walrus ivory anthropomorphic carving; cylindrical; ovoid perforation in lower half; encircling groove above base; chip at base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1431, described as Walrus ivory anthropomorphic carving; cylindrical; ovoid perforation in lower half; encircling groove above base; chip at base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1431, described as Walrus ivory anthropomorphic carving; cylindrical; ovoid perforation in lower half; encircling groove above base; chip at base.

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