Therianthropic figure

Museum number:
2-7059
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
71W (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Ivory figure of human-headed sea mammal; incised and darkened markings.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.4 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson p. 447, fig. 161.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Therianthropic figure, accession number 2-7059, described as Ivory figure of human-headed sea mammal; incised and darkened markings.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Therianthropic figure, accession number 2-7059, described as Ivory figure of human-headed sea mammal; incised and darkened markings.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Therianthropic figure, accession number 2-7059, described as Ivory figure of human-headed sea mammal; incised and darkened markings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Therianthropic figure, accession number 2-7059, described as Ivory figure of human-headed sea mammal; incised and darkened markings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Therianthropic figure, accession number 2-7059, described as Ivory figure of human-headed sea mammal; incised and darkened markings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Therianthropic figure, accession number 2-7059, described as Ivory figure of human-headed sea mammal; incised and darkened markings.

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