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- Museum number:
- 2-6839
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006839
- Alternate number:
- x-3032 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Carved ivory seal heads back to back. Inset baleen eyes, no cord.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Bering Sea, Western Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Rudolph Neumann
- Collection date:
- ca. 1895
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- For hauling dead seals or other heavy weights over snow or ice.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 8 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
- Legacy documentation:
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