Anthropomorphic figure

Museum number:
2-1155
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Alternate number:
2-1155a (previous museum number (recataloged from)) and 2-48491 (museum number (recataloged to), 2-1155b)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory carving with anthropomorphic face with arm extending from each side; incised concentric circles for eyes, crescent-shaped mouth.
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:
Anthropomorphic and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1155, described as Ivory carving with anthropomorphic face with arm extending from each side; incised concentric circles for eyes, crescent-shaped mouth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1155, described as Ivory carving with anthropomorphic face with arm extending from each side; incised concentric circles for eyes, crescent-shaped mouth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1155, described as Ivory carving with anthropomorphic face with arm extending from each side; incised concentric circles for eyes, crescent-shaped mouth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1155, described as Ivory carving with anthropomorphic face with arm extending from each side; incised concentric circles for eyes, crescent-shaped mouth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1155, described as Ivory carving with anthropomorphic face with arm extending from each side; incised concentric circles for eyes, crescent-shaped mouth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-1155, described as Ivory carving with anthropomorphic face with arm extending from each side; incised concentric circles for eyes, crescent-shaped mouth.

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