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Object Number
2000.18.59
Display Title
Bone carving
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone carving; long and curved, rib?; with human figures, walrus, masks, whale; baleen insets for eyes; signature scratched into back, last name may be Weyiouanna; also SHH AK
Inventory Description
Carving, made of single piece of curving bone, anthropomorphic/zoomorphic figu
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Culture
- Alaskan Native or Inuit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
SHH
Materials
Bone, Baleen
Dimensions
Overall: 78.5 x 8.5 x 5 cm (30 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.18.59
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Leigh Minturn
Provenance
Collector
Ann Leigh Minturn
(6/13/2000)
Donor
Ann Leigh Minturn
(6/13/2000)
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