Bear figurine head

Museum number:
2-6156
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
X-2349 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved head of brown bear or wolf. Carved of fossil mammoth ivory. Teeth indicated by zigzag incised line.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammuthus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-5969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bear figurine head, accession number 2-6156, described as Carved head of brown bear or wolf. Carved of fossil mammoth ivory. Teeth indicated by zigzag incised line.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bear figurine head, accession number 2-6156, described as Carved head of brown bear or wolf. Carved of fossil mammoth ivory. Teeth indicated by zigzag incised line.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear figurine head, accession number 2-6156, described as Carved head of brown bear or wolf. Carved of fossil mammoth ivory. Teeth indicated by zigzag incised line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear figurine head, accession number 2-6156, described as Carved head of brown bear or wolf. Carved of fossil mammoth ivory. Teeth indicated by zigzag incised line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bear figurine head, accession number 2-6156, described as Carved head of brown bear or wolf. Carved of fossil mammoth ivory. Teeth indicated by zigzag incised line.

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