Female figure

Museum number:
2-5870
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005870
Alternate number:
x-960 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Walrus ivory; no arms; carving of a woman, anthropomorphic.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5870, described as Walrus ivory; no arms; carving of a woman, anthropomorphic.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5870, described as Walrus ivory; no arms; carving of a woman, anthropomorphic.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5870, described as Walrus ivory; no arms; carving of a woman, anthropomorphic.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5870, described as Walrus ivory; no arms; carving of a woman, anthropomorphic.

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