Zoomorph

Museum number:
2-5986
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005986
Alternate number:
X-2179 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carving of dogs connubiating. 2 dogs back-to-back. Made of walrus ivory.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
2-5969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.8 centimeters
Comment:
cf. 2-7035
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-5986, described as Carving of dogs connubiating. 2 dogs back-to-back. Made of walrus ivory.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-5986, described as Carving of dogs connubiating. 2 dogs back-to-back. Made of walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-5986, described as Carving of dogs connubiating. 2 dogs back-to-back. Made of walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-5986, described as Carving of dogs connubiating. 2 dogs back-to-back. Made of walrus ivory.

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