Female figure

Museum number:
2-5863
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005863
Alternate number:
x-953 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carving of a woman standing; anthropomorphic; ivory.
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
Context of use:
2-5869
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960) and S1973-1974 #49: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1973–August 8, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5863, described as Carving of a woman standing; anthropomorphic; ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5863, described as Carving of a woman standing; anthropomorphic; ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5863, described as Carving of a woman standing; anthropomorphic; ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-5863, described as Carving of a woman standing; anthropomorphic; ivory.

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