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Object Number 2004.24.833
Display Title Effigies of Whales
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Water Transport
Subject
  • Artifact
  • Complete Vessel
  • Whale
  • Boat
Department Photographic
Culture
  • California
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California

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Image Not Available for Soapstone carvings of whales
88-51-10/50356 Soapstone carvings of whales
North Slope Burough
Belt of seal skin & whale's teeth for use in kayak--part of contents of bag 6228
36-89-10/6233 Belt of seal skin & whale's teeth for use in kayak--part of contents of bag 6228
Belt
Greenland
Copy of photo print of an Eskimo pottery vessel from Cape of Whales
2004.24.21632 Copy of photo print of an Eskimo pottery vessel from Cape of Whales
Alaska
Sled shod with whale's bone
2004.24.26573 Sled shod with whale's bone
Herschel Island
Necklace of shell beads and whale's tooth pendant
00-8-70/55673 Necklace of shell beads and whale's tooth pendant
Necklace
Kiribati
Sled shod with whales bone
2004.29.3126 Sled shod with whales bone
Herschel Island
Trinket box of hollowed whale's tooth with ivory inserts. Bottom riveted.
94-57-10/R130 Trinket box of hollowed whale's tooth with ivory inserts. Bottom riveted.
Box
Point Barrow
Bird carved in whale's tooth
69-30-10/2023 Bird carved in whale's tooth
Carving
Raw Material
Alaska
Pipe, purple slate; head of human figure carved from piece of whale's tooth
94-57-10/R190 Pipe, purple slate; head of human figure carved from piece of whale's tooth
Raw Material
Pipe
Queen Charlotte Islands
Bracelet of copper, design two killer whales
05-7-10/64469 Bracelet of copper, design two killer whales
Bracelet
Alaska
Pipes and effigies
2004.24.825 Pipes and effigies
North America
Effigies
2004.24.7180 Effigies
Chichen Itza