Figurines

Museum number:
2-31513
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1049 and Acc.1149
Description:
Socketed object; one end has two perforated bear heads with carved anthropomorphic head in between; opposite end is socketed; incised and punctuated curvilinear designs on surface; weathered “fossil” mammoth ivory; length 11.8 cm, width 6.3 cm.
Donor:
Esther L. Matteson, Harold Heath, and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Alaska
Collector:
Harold Heath
Materials:
Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammuthus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1951 and 1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figurines, accession number 2-31513, described as Socketed object; one end has two perforated bear heads with carved anthropomorphic head in between; opposite end is socketed; incised and punctuated curvilinear designs on surface; weathered “fossil” mammoth ivory; length 11.8 cm, width 6.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figurines, accession number 2-31513, described as Socketed object; one end has two perforated bear heads with carved anthropomorphic head in between; opposite end is socketed; incised and punctuated curvilinear designs on surface; weathered “fossil” mammoth ivory; length 11.8 cm, width 6.3 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figurines, accession number 2-31513, described as Socketed object; one end has two perforated bear heads with carved anthropomorphic head in between; opposite end is socketed; incised and punctuated curvilinear designs on surface; weathered “fossil” mammoth ivory; length 11.8 cm, width 6.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-31513, described as Socketed object; one end has two perforated bear heads with carved anthropomorphic head in between; opposite end is socketed; incised and punctuated curvilinear designs on surface; weathered “fossil” mammoth ivory; length 11.8 cm, width 6.3 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-31513, described as Socketed object; one end has two perforated bear heads with carved anthropomorphic head in between; opposite end is socketed; incised and punctuated curvilinear designs on surface; weathered “fossil” mammoth ivory; length 11.8 cm, width 6.3 cm.

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