Engraving

Museum number:
2-36895
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020036895
Alternate number:
576 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Ivory engraved piece; 2 umiaks with men hunting walrus, etc. on one side; sled with man, dog, figures of men, etc. on the other side. Made of walrus ivory.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1966-1967 #12: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1966–October 28, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36895, described as Ivory engraved piece; 2 umiaks with men hunting walrus, etc. on one side; sled with man, dog, figures of men, etc. on the other side. Made of walrus ivory.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36895, described as Ivory engraved piece; 2 umiaks with men hunting walrus, etc. on one side; sled with man, dog, figures of men, etc. on the other side. Made of walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36895, described as Ivory engraved piece; 2 umiaks with men hunting walrus, etc. on one side; sled with man, dog, figures of men, etc. on the other side. Made of walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36895, described as Ivory engraved piece; 2 umiaks with men hunting walrus, etc. on one side; sled with man, dog, figures of men, etc. on the other side. Made of walrus ivory.

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