Zoomorph
- Museum number:
- 2-6075
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006075
- Alternate number:
- X-2268 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Hair seal (?) carved of ivory. Incised dots and longitudinal line on back.
- 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
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Zoomorphic
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies, 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 5.6 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: