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Object Number 2008.20.53
Display Title Carving, spirit
Descriptions
Object Description Carving, spirit, on one foot
Inventory Description Carving,. green stone, standing figure, one leg, one arm, carved face
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date 1996
Artist Ashevak Adla
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 4 x 11 cm (8 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2008.20.53
Credit Line Gift of Anne Hiatt
Provenance
Collector Anne Hiatt
Donor Arnold Hiatt (-2008)

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