Carving of hand

Museum number:
2-19268
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammuthus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Made for sale; pencilled on spec. is "fossil ivory Alaska.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 5.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Carving of hand, accession number 2-19268, described as Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Carving of hand, accession number 2-19268, described as Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Carving of hand, accession number 2-19268, described as Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving of hand, accession number 2-19268, described as Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving of hand, accession number 2-19268, described as Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving of hand, accession number 2-19268, described as Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.

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