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Object Number
03-1-10/62774
Display Title
Carving of a whale
Descriptions
Object Description
Carving of a whale
Inventory Description
Figurine, carved ivory whale, incised/pigmented features, geometric and punctat
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- North Coast?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow?
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 3.1 x 10.9 x 4.5 cm (1 1/4 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
62774
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1903)
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