Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71475a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271475a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Sculptures: (a) standing woman, right leg is broken and glued, square base; local light grey stone; h.7.9. cm.; (b) standing Eskimo man holding bone drumstick (drum missing); right arm broken and glued; rectangular base; local light grey stone; h. 10 cm.; “JK” in ink on the underside of both pieces. See p. 56, “Images of the North” appraisal, for additional info.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Sculpture (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71475a,b, described as Sculptures: (a) standing woman, right leg is broken and glued, square base; local light grey stone; h.7.9. cm.; (b) standing Eskimo man holding bone drumstick (drum missing); right arm broken and glued; rectangular base; local light grey stone; h. 10 cm.; “JK” in ink on the underside of both pieces. See p. 56, “Images of the North” appraisal, for additional info.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71475a,b, described as Sculptures: (a) standing woman, right leg is broken and glued, square base; local light grey stone; h.7.9. cm.; (b) standing Eskimo man holding bone drumstick (drum missing); right arm broken and glued; rectangular base; local light grey stone; h. 10 cm.; “JK” in ink on the underside of both pieces. See p. 56, “Images of the North” appraisal, for additional info.

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