Engraving

Museum number:
2-15620
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Scene on thin curved antler with incised and darkened drawings. Hunting (?) scene on both sides in black and red; on one side are a row of standing man-like beings and a row of standing crane-like birds with black-filled bodies; on the other side are red drawings showing a row of marching fox-like animals driven by men and a row of standing man-like animals. Animal and human figures in postures.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Carleton H. Clark
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
May be hunting score.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 3.2 centimeters and length 18 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-15620, described as Scene on thin curved antler with incised and darkened drawings. Hunting (?) scene on both sides in black and red; on one side are a row of standing man-like beings and a row of standing crane-like birds with black-filled bodies; on the other side are red drawings showing a row of marching fox-like animals driven by men and a row of standing man-like animals. Animal and human figures in postures.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-15620, described as Scene on thin curved antler with incised and darkened drawings. Hunting (?) scene on both sides in black and red; on one side are a row of standing man-like beings and a row of standing crane-like birds with black-filled bodies; on the other side are red drawings showing a row of marching fox-like animals driven by men and a row of standing man-like animals. Animal and human figures in postures.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-15620, described as Scene on thin curved antler with incised and darkened drawings. Hunting (?) scene on both sides in black and red; on one side are a row of standing man-like beings and a row of standing crane-like birds with black-filled bodies; on the other side are red drawings showing a row of marching fox-like animals driven by men and a row of standing man-like animals. Animal and human figures in postures.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-15620, described as Scene on thin curved antler with incised and darkened drawings. Hunting (?) scene on both sides in black and red; on one side are a row of standing man-like beings and a row of standing crane-like birds with black-filled bodies; on the other side are red drawings showing a row of marching fox-like animals driven by men and a row of standing man-like animals. Animal and human figures in postures.

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