Human figurine

Museum number:
2-6989
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Wooden figure of a man with legs bent in front; right forearm and hand missing; black-painted hair, facial features including moustache. Anthropomorph, Eskimo wood figure
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Production date:
1890-1899
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably part of a dance house (kashim) model.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters
Comment:
Published: ill. Ray, D.J. (ed) The Eskimo of St. Michael and Vicinity as Related by H.M.W. Edmonds, Anthro. Papers U. of Alaska V.13:2, p. 74; also Ray, Eskimo Art (1977), fig. 141. Remarks: "cf. 2-4571-72.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #90: Life Sciences Bldg. Photo Lab (UC Berkeley) (May 31, 1966–June 15, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human figurine, accession number 2-6989, described as Wooden figure of a man with legs bent in front; right forearm and hand missing; black-painted hair, facial features including moustache. Anthropomorph, Eskimo wood figureDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human figurine, accession number 2-6989, described as Wooden figure of a man with legs bent in front; right forearm and hand missing; black-painted hair, facial features including moustache. Anthropomorph, Eskimo wood figureDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human figurine, accession number 2-6989, described as Wooden figure of a man with legs bent in front; right forearm and hand missing; black-painted hair, facial features including moustache. Anthropomorph, Eskimo wood figure

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