Carving

Museum number:
2-7011
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Alternate number:
101 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Carved wooden figure of wild goose with head over the back; white and black pigment; legs missing.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Production date:
1890-1899
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, D.J. The Eskimo of St. Michael and Vicinity as Related by H.M.W. Edmonds (Anthro. Papers U. of Alaska V.13:2), p. 104 (ill.). Remarks: "ill. The Beaver, Autumn 1967, p. 83 (Dorothy Jean Ray, "Alaskan Eskimo Arts and Crafts.")
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1964-1965 #56: Lowie Museum of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (February 24, 1965–March 29, 1965), S1987-1988 #16: California Academy of Sciences (September 11, 1987–February 19, 1988), and S1987-1988 #28: Smithsonian Institution (March 1, 1988–August 20, 1991)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-7011, described as Carved wooden figure of wild goose with head over the back; white and black pigment; legs missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-7011, described as Carved wooden figure of wild goose with head over the back; white and black pigment; legs missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-7011, described as Carved wooden figure of wild goose with head over the back; white and black pigment; legs missing.

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