Carving

Museum number:
2-563
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Spoon-shaped object; ivory; incised and darkened birds and geometric designs on the face, reindeer and geometric designs on the back; suspension hole at handle end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Probably turist curio.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-563, described as Spoon-shaped object; ivory; incised and darkened birds and geometric designs on the face, reindeer and geometric designs on the back; suspension hole at handle end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-563, described as Spoon-shaped object; ivory; incised and darkened birds and geometric designs on the face, reindeer and geometric designs on the back; suspension hole at handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-563, described as Spoon-shaped object; ivory; incised and darkened birds and geometric designs on the face, reindeer and geometric designs on the back; suspension hole at handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-563, described as Spoon-shaped object; ivory; incised and darkened birds and geometric designs on the face, reindeer and geometric designs on the back; suspension hole at handle end.

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