Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71497a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271497a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Sculpture, narwhal on stick and base, stone, ivory; a) parwhal, greenstone, twisted ivory tusk; ivory peg set into underside; total l. 15.7 cm.; b) base, flat underside, elliptical; engraved on underside in syllabics “ Papi Nutaralu” and in English “ Bobby Nutaralik” and “ c86”; l. 12cm.
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 2-71497a,b, described as Sculpture, narwhal on stick and base, stone, ivory; a) parwhal, greenstone, twisted ivory tusk; ivory peg set into underside; total l. 15.7 cm.; b) base, flat underside, elliptical; engraved on underside in syllabics “ Papi Nutaralu” and in English “ Bobby Nutaralik” and “ c86”; l. 12cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71497a,b, described as Sculpture, narwhal on stick and base, stone, ivory; a) parwhal, greenstone, twisted ivory tusk; ivory peg set into underside; total l. 15.7 cm.; b) base, flat underside, elliptical; engraved on underside in syllabics “ Papi Nutaralu” and in English “ Bobby Nutaralik” and “ c86”; l. 12cm.

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