Seal carving

Museum number:
2-698
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Box ornament (?), seal head, ivory, hollow. Slit for mouth, baleen eyes, wood plugs in nostrils.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Seals
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 2.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Seal carving, accession number 2-698, described as Box ornament (?), seal head, ivory, hollow. Slit for mouth, baleen eyes, wood plugs in nostrils.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Seal carving, accession number 2-698, described as Box ornament (?), seal head, ivory, hollow. Slit for mouth, baleen eyes, wood plugs in nostrils.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Seal carving, accession number 2-698, described as Box ornament (?), seal head, ivory, hollow. Slit for mouth, baleen eyes, wood plugs in nostrils.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal carving, accession number 2-698, described as Box ornament (?), seal head, ivory, hollow. Slit for mouth, baleen eyes, wood plugs in nostrils.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal carving, accession number 2-698, described as Box ornament (?), seal head, ivory, hollow. Slit for mouth, baleen eyes, wood plugs in nostrils.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal carving, accession number 2-698, described as Box ornament (?), seal head, ivory, hollow. Slit for mouth, baleen eyes, wood plugs in nostrils.

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