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Object Number 2008.20.54
Display Title Carving, bear
Descriptions
Object Description Carving, bear
Inventory Description Carving, flat base, standing bear, one leg bent
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date 1991
Artist Temela Ikkidluak
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / Baffin Island / Lake Harbour
Additional Geographic Terms Kimmirut; Lake Harbour
Materials Serpentine
Dimensions Overall: 26.2 x 18.5 x 8.5 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2008.20.54; Canada / eskimo / art / esquimau / Serpentine Bear / Bought 6/6/92;
Credit Line Gift of Anne Hiatt
Provenance
Collector Anne Hiatt (6/6/92)
Dealer Inuit Images (6/6/92)
Donor Arnold Hiatt (12/30/08)
Seller Victoria Prescott

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