Zoomorphic figures

Museum number:
2-2875a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21022875a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
c)— length 2.5 centimeters, d)— length 8.9 centimeters, a)— length 7.7 centimeters, and b)— length 2.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Zoomorphic figures, accession number 2-2875a-d, described as a) Ivory fish, b) ivory fish head, c) animal head, d) bone seal with 2 slits on back, probably former box handle. Made of ivory, bone, and rawhide strip.

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