Walrus figure
- Museum number:
- 2-72558
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020072558
- Accession number:
- Acc.4787
- Description:
- Carved stone walrus head with ivory tusks. Minimalist style with only eyes, nostrils and lower lip differentiated.
- Donor:
- Elizabeth Colson
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Eskimo
- Collector:
- Elizabeth Colson
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- September 9, 2011
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- width 6.2 centimeters, height 7.4 centimeters, and length 7.8 centimeters