Female figure

Museum number:
2-5872
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005872
Alternate number:
x-962 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory carving of a standing woman.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5872, described as Ivory carving of a standing woman.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5872, described as Ivory carving of a standing woman.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5872, described as Ivory carving of a standing woman.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5872, described as Ivory carving of a standing woman.

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