Ivory, polar bear head linked to another animal head. ivory, carved; chain made of two links; representing dogs with big ears; on one side one dog quite precisely carved; on the other side a smaller dog's head with another (possibly) below it (but without ears). Possibly a drag handle.
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
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)