Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71480a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271480a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Sculpture; small bear head on gase; (a) bear head, carved oolite; features darkened with pencil; wood peg underneath; w. underneath 3 cm.; (b) base, soft grey soapstone, single perf. for peg; max. 1.7 cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 61, for additional information.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
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)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71480a,b, described as Sculpture; small bear head on gase; (a) bear head, carved oolite; features darkened with pencil; wood peg underneath; w. underneath 3 cm.; (b) base, soft grey soapstone, single perf. for peg; max. 1.7 cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 61, for additional information.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71480a,b, described as Sculpture; small bear head on gase; (a) bear head, carved oolite; features darkened with pencil; wood peg underneath; w. underneath 3 cm.; (b) base, soft grey soapstone, single perf. for peg; max. 1.7 cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 61, for additional information.

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