Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71450
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Sculpture: Spirit figure on base, eared face on two legs with fish tail; lt. grey Povungnituk stone; incised on underside “Tuluga” (in syllabics) and 70799; max. 1. 16.5 cm. (diagonally). Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Aisa Tuluga. See p.26 of Images of the North appraisal for further info.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
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 2-71450, described as Sculpture: Spirit figure on base, eared face on two legs with fish tail; lt. grey Povungnituk stone; incised on underside “Tuluga” (in syllabics) and 70799; max. 1. 16.5 cm. (diagonally). Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Aisa Tuluga. See p.26 of Images of the North appraisal for further info.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71450, described as Sculpture: Spirit figure on base, eared face on two legs with fish tail; lt. grey Povungnituk stone; incised on underside “Tuluga” (in syllabics) and 70799; max. 1. 16.5 cm. (diagonally). Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Aisa Tuluga. See p.26 of Images of the North appraisal for further info.

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