Carving

Museum number:
2-1124
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Scene on piece of incised and darkened ivory. 2 large holes in slab. Probably re-made broken box handle. Walruses, diving whales on one side, hunters in umiaks, etc. on other side. Broken end refashioned into animal carving.
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:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.5 centimeters and width 2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-1124, described as Scene on piece of incised and darkened ivory. 2 large holes in slab. Probably re-made broken box handle. Walruses, diving whales on one side, hunters in umiaks, etc. on other side. Broken end refashioned into animal carving.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-1124, described as Scene on piece of incised and darkened ivory. 2 large holes in slab. Probably re-made broken box handle. Walruses, diving whales on one side, hunters in umiaks, etc. on other side. Broken end refashioned into animal carving.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-1124, described as Scene on piece of incised and darkened ivory. 2 large holes in slab. Probably re-made broken box handle. Walruses, diving whales on one side, hunters in umiaks, etc. on other side. Broken end refashioned into animal carving.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-1124, described as Scene on piece of incised and darkened ivory. 2 large holes in slab. Probably re-made broken box handle. Walruses, diving whales on one side, hunters in umiaks, etc. on other side. Broken end refashioned into animal carving.

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