Zoomorph

Museum number:
2-1118
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Piece of carved ivory. Long-beaked bird head with sea lion head at back. Recarved fossil ivory or bone.
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:
Zoomorphic
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Probably doodling.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-1118, described as Piece of carved ivory. Long-beaked bird head with sea lion head at back. Recarved fossil ivory or bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-1118, described as Piece of carved ivory. Long-beaked bird head with sea lion head at back. Recarved fossil ivory or bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorph, accession number 2-1118, described as Piece of carved ivory. Long-beaked bird head with sea lion head at back. Recarved fossil ivory or bone.

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