Anthropomorphic figure

Museum number:
2-69117
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020069117
Alternate number:
0088 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4555
Description:
Made of bone, rectangular and flat. An abstract human face is carved into porous bone in low relief.
Donor:
Valene Smith McIntyre
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Valene Smith McIntyre
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Anthropomorphic and Carvings (visual works)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 3.8 centimeters and length 7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-69117, described as Made of bone, rectangular and flat. An abstract human face is carved into porous bone in low relief.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-69117, described as Made of bone, rectangular and flat. An abstract human face is carved into porous bone in low relief.

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