Napkin ring

Museum number:
2-45287
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Accession number:
Acc.2747
Description:
Made from walrus ivory. Walrus head and flippers in relief, tusks in the round; baleen inlay eye, nostrils. Red-filled flippers, black and red material on face in engraved mouth and whiskers.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nunivak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1945-1971
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Napkin rings
Production date:
1920-1929
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7.9 centimeters
Comment:
References: D.J. Ray, Artists of the Tundra and the Sea, p. 121-122, fig. 68-74.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Napkin ring, accession number 2-45287, described as Made from walrus ivory. Walrus head and flippers in relief, tusks in the round; baleen inlay eye, nostrils. Red-filled flippers, black and red material on face in engraved mouth and whiskers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Napkin ring, accession number 2-45287, described as Made from walrus ivory. Walrus head and flippers in relief, tusks in the round; baleen inlay eye, nostrils. Red-filled flippers, black and red material on face in engraved mouth and whiskers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Napkin ring, accession number 2-45287, described as Made from walrus ivory. Walrus head and flippers in relief, tusks in the round; baleen inlay eye, nostrils. Red-filled flippers, black and red material on face in engraved mouth and whiskers.

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