Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71427
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071427
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Sculpture: Med. grey Povungnituk stone; abstract form playing with rock surfaces; carved flipper at one end, sea mammal tail near opp. end; engraved “70988” on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk and Kangiqsualujjuaq, Inuit; Tivi Etook. An experimental and unusual carving; see p.3 of Graburn’s notes in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Povungnituk, Quebec, 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 2-71427, described as Sculpture: Med. grey Povungnituk stone; abstract form playing with rock surfaces; carved flipper at one end, sea mammal tail near opp. end; engraved “70988” on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk and Kangiqsualujjuaq, Inuit; Tivi Etook. An experimental and unusual carving; see p.3 of Graburn’s notes in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71427, described as Sculpture: Med. grey Povungnituk stone; abstract form playing with rock surfaces; carved flipper at one end, sea mammal tail near opp. end; engraved “70988” on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk and Kangiqsualujjuaq, Inuit; Tivi Etook. An experimental and unusual carving; see p.3 of Graburn’s notes in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.

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