Zoomorph
- Museum number:
- 2-5980
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020005980
- Alternate number:
- X-2173 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Land otter (possibly) carved from walrus ivory. Suspension loop at top.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- 1898
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Zoomorphic
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- May be belt fastener.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 7 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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