Ornamented with 2 bone gull-like heads and 2 spotted seal forehalves (ivory) in front, 2 bone ornaments with excised areas and incised concentric circles at sides. Grass bundle at back once held feathers.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Yukon northward, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Yukon northward
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for sale or gift.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19.2 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: 50/50 on wood and ivory.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1961-1962 #78: Sather Gate Book Shop (May 21, 1962–June 5, 1962)