Halibut figure

Museum number:
2-6210
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006210
Alternate number:
x-2403 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved bone figure of halibut.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Halibut figure, accession number 2-6210, described as Carved bone figure of halibut.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Halibut figure, accession number 2-6210, described as Carved bone figure of halibut.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Halibut figure, accession number 2-6210, described as Carved bone figure of halibut.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut figure, accession number 2-6210, described as Carved bone figure of halibut.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut figure, accession number 2-6210, described as Carved bone figure of halibut.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut figure, accession number 2-6210, described as Carved bone figure of halibut.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut figure, accession number 2-6210, described as Carved bone figure of halibut.

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