Figurine

Museum number:
2-34242
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1966
Description:
Soapstone carving; partially kneeling figure holding fish in left hand with tail of fish in his mouth; right arm behind back; 14.5 cm high.
Donor:
Julia Roth
Collection place:
Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Loans:
S1966-1967 #45: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (December 8, 1966–December 8, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-34242, described as Soapstone carving; partially kneeling figure holding fish in left hand with tail of fish in his mouth; right arm behind back; 14.5 cm high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-34242, described as Soapstone carving; partially kneeling figure holding fish in left hand with tail of fish in his mouth; right arm behind back; 14.5 cm high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 2-34242, described as Soapstone carving; partially kneeling figure holding fish in left hand with tail of fish in his mouth; right arm behind back; 14.5 cm high.

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