Carving and sinker

Museum number:
2-2028
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Carving tied to modified sinker. Elongated soapstone carving with anthromorphic face tied to walrus ivory sinker which has had eyelashes and fins incised. Rawhide cord.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.3 centimeters and length 6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving and sinker, accession number 2-2028, described as Carving tied to modified sinker. Elongated soapstone carving with anthromorphic face tied to walrus ivory sinker which has had eyelashes and fins incised. Rawhide cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving and sinker, accession number 2-2028, described as Carving tied to modified sinker. Elongated soapstone carving with anthromorphic face tied to walrus ivory sinker which has had eyelashes and fins incised. Rawhide cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving and sinker, accession number 2-2028, described as Carving tied to modified sinker. Elongated soapstone carving with anthromorphic face tied to walrus ivory sinker which has had eyelashes and fins incised. Rawhide cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving and sinker, accession number 2-2028, described as Carving tied to modified sinker. Elongated soapstone carving with anthromorphic face tied to walrus ivory sinker which has had eyelashes and fins incised. Rawhide cord.

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