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Object Number 2009.24.1
Display Title Carving, "Spirit with Tusks"
Descriptions
Object Description Carving, "Spirit with Tusks"
Inventory Description Carving, flat base, round body with face, tusks, ring-shaped top
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date 1983
Artist George Arlu (1983-)
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Eskimo Point
Dimensions Overall: 14.7 x 9.8 x 5.5 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2009.24.1; GEORGE ARLOOK; ##
Credit Line Gift of Anne Hiatt
Provenance
Collector Anne Hiatt (1989-)
Dealer Victoria Prescott (-1989)
Donor Arnold Hiatt (-2009)
Seller Victoria Prescott

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