Carving

Museum number:
2-7008
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
104 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Carved wooden figure of goose; 1 leg missing; orange bill and foot; stained body.
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 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, Eskimo Art (1977), fig. 161. Remarks: "(see The Beaver, Autumn 1967 p. 83)." "Ray, 1977: "The goose is painted a thin coat of blue-black color over a white undercoat. The eyes are wood, incised. Other animals and birds collected by Edmonds are illustrated in Ray 1966a, pp. 104, 131." See info. for 2-7014.
Loans:
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 2-7008, described as Carved wooden figure of goose; 1 leg missing; orange bill and foot; stained body.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-7008, described as Carved wooden figure of goose; 1 leg missing; orange bill and foot; stained body.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-7008, described as Carved wooden figure of goose; 1 leg missing; orange bill and foot; stained body.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-7008, described as Carved wooden figure of goose; 1 leg missing; orange bill and foot; stained body.

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