Figurines

Museum number:
2-34247a-i
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210234247a@2di
Accession number:
Acc.1966
Description:
Three soapstone figures of (a) man, (b) woman, and (c) child sitting on (d) an ivory sled drawn by (e-h) four ivory dogs and (i) one soapstone dog.
Donor:
Julia Roth
Collection place:
Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1965
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)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown), S1977-1978 #20: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (November 28, 1977–February 15, 1978), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-34247a-i, described as Three soapstone figures of (a) man, (b) woman, and (c) child sitting on (d) an ivory sled drawn by (e-h) four ivory dogs and (i) one soapstone dog.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-34247a-i, described as Three soapstone figures of (a) man, (b) woman, and (c) child sitting on (d) an ivory sled drawn by (e-h) four ivory dogs and (i) one soapstone dog.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-34247a-i, described as Three soapstone figures of (a) man, (b) woman, and (c) child sitting on (d) an ivory sled drawn by (e-h) four ivory dogs and (i) one soapstone dog.

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