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Object Number
98-18-10/51970.1
Display Title
Ivory carving of whale
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ivory whale carvings, 1 large, 1 small, incised features, black pigment
Classification
- Carving
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9.1 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm (3 9/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
51970
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-57-10/R148 | Ivory carving. Whale-shaped, flippers and tail carved in relief. Lines and dots. |
Figurine
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R112 | Hollow ivory carving, ornament for hunting helmet. Carved to represent a whale. |
Ornament
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 98-18-10/51969 | Ivory carvings of seal |
Carving
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 03-1-10/62774 | Carving of a whale |
Figurine
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 98-18-10/51970 | Ivory carving of whale |
Pendant
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 64-29-10/43860 | Small ivory carvings, bilikins - grotesque human figures |
Pendant
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 60-48-10/39074 | Soapstone carving "white whale" (Beluga) |
Carving
|
Lake Harbour
| |
| 64-34-10/43946 | Ivory carving - small polar bear |
Carving
|
Pelly Bay
| |
| 61-22-10/39106 | Ivory animal carving - fox |
Carving
|
Repulse Bay
| |
| 62-3-10/39709 | Ivory carving - 3 mermen (male) |
Carving
|
Igloolik
| |
| 65-7-10/44047 | Ivory carving - 3 owls sitting on a tree, set in stone platform |
Carving
|
Pelly Bay
| |
| 59-14-10/38874A | Seal: one of four small ivory carvings |
Figurine
|
Resolute Bay
|