Ivory carving - 2 polar bears fighting – Objects

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Object Number 65-7-10/44048

Display Title Ivory carving - 2 polar bears fighting

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved ivory bears, fighting.

Classification

Carving

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Inuit

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Pelly Bay

Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region

Materials Ivory

Dimensions Overall: 18 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm (7 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 65-7-10/44048 & Pelly Bay

Provenance

Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1965)

Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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