Dog sled block. Carved ivory, pear shaped, double-eyed with incised groove.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 4 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson, Edward William, The Eskimo about Bering Strait, 18th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 210, 211 and Plate LXXVI, figures 3, 4.