Zoomorphic figure

Museum number:
2-337
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Charm or possible spearthrower peg; 2 separately carved zoomorphic faces with finely incised and darkened features; "fossil ivory (archaeological); perforation not original.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Probable charm, possibly former spearthrower peg.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figure, accession number 2-337, described as Charm or possible spearthrower peg; 2 separately carved zoomorphic faces with finely incised and darkened features; "fossil ivory (archaeological); perforation not original.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figure, accession number 2-337, described as Charm or possible spearthrower peg; 2 separately carved zoomorphic faces with finely incised and darkened features; "fossil ivory (archaeological); perforation not original.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figure, accession number 2-337, described as Charm or possible spearthrower peg; 2 separately carved zoomorphic faces with finely incised and darkened features; "fossil ivory (archaeological); perforation not original.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figure, accession number 2-337, described as Charm or possible spearthrower peg; 2 separately carved zoomorphic faces with finely incised and darkened features; "fossil ivory (archaeological); perforation not original.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figure, accession number 2-337, described as Charm or possible spearthrower peg; 2 separately carved zoomorphic faces with finely incised and darkened features; "fossil ivory (archaeological); perforation not original.

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