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Carving of dancing woman with raised arms
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Object Number 2008.20.59
Display Title Carving of dancing woman with raised arms
Descriptions
Object Description Carving of dancing woman with raised arms
Inventory Description Carving, standing woman figure, raised arms holding fur disks
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Artist Kent Heindel
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Fossilized whalebone , Ivory , Caribou? Hair , Bone , Sinew , Polar bear fur
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 22 x 11.5 cm (20 7/8 x 8 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2008.20.59
Credit Line Gift of Anne Hiatt
Provenance
Collector Anne Hiatt
Dealer Inuit Images (3/27/94)
Donor Arnold Hiatt (-2008)
Seller Victoria Prescott

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