Carving

Museum number:
2-6213
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2406 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved ivory figure of a bird.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
e.g. for sewing case
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no. = Neumann 567.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6213, described as Carved ivory figure of a bird.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6213, described as Carved ivory figure of a bird.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6213, described as Carved ivory figure of a bird.

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