Male figures

Museum number:
2-5865
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005865
Alternate number:
x-955 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory carving of male Siamese twins back-to-back.
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:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
2-5859
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 4.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 71?.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male figures, accession number 2-5865, described as Ivory carving of male Siamese twins back-to-back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male figures, accession number 2-5865, described as Ivory carving of male Siamese twins back-to-back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male figures, accession number 2-5865, described as Ivory carving of male Siamese twins back-to-back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Male figures, accession number 2-5865, described as Ivory carving of male Siamese twins back-to-back.

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