Carving

Museum number:
2-38937
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Hollowed section of bone with engraved figures including sailing ship, 2 umiaks with hunters, many caribou, sounding whale and standing anthropomorphic figures; handle with perforation fashioned at one end.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
James A. Barr
Collection date:
1956
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-38937, described as Hollowed section of bone with engraved figures including sailing ship, 2 umiaks with hunters, many caribou, sounding whale and standing anthropomorphic figures; handle with perforation fashioned at one end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-38937, described as Hollowed section of bone with engraved figures including sailing ship, 2 umiaks with hunters, many caribou, sounding whale and standing anthropomorphic figures; handle with perforation fashioned at one end.

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