Insect figurine

Museum number:
2-6266
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2459 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Insects
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Jean-Loup Rousselot calls this a replica (1986).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Insect figurine, accession number 2-6266, described as Carved figure of caterpillar or millipede with carved feet and feelers; grooves on back filled with red and blue-green pigments.
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