Zoomorph

Museum number:
2-9175
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020009175
Alternate number:
2-5983 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Head of an animal with perforation on under side, for insertion of a string. Probably wolf snarling. Walrus ivory.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-6111
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "Number changed from 2-5983 in 3/9/1907
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-9175, described as Head of an animal with perforation on under side, for insertion of a string. Probably wolf snarling. Walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-9175, described as Head of an animal with perforation on under side, for insertion of a string. Probably wolf snarling. Walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-9175, described as Head of an animal with perforation on under side, for insertion of a string. Probably wolf snarling. Walrus ivory.

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