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Object Number
51-16-10/33147.1
Display Title
Miniature ivory carvings of waterfowl with ears
Descriptions
Object Description
Miniature ivory carvings of waterfowl with ears
Inventory Description
Carving, ivory, effigy, carved animals, small, flat bottom
Classification
- Carving
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
/
Old Hut Site
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 5.3 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm (2 1/16 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
51-16-10/33147; L52/2/1002
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Samuel J. Mixter
(1913)
Donor
Dr. Samuel J. Mixter
(1951)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50306 | Ivory carvings representing birds, worn as ornaments or charms |
Pendant
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Organic ivory effigy of a waterfowl
| 51-16-10/33147 | Organic ivory effigy of a waterfowl |
Effigy
|
Old Hut Site
| |
| 98-18-10/51969 | Ivory carvings of seal |
Carving
Raw Material |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 64-29-10/43860 | Small ivory carvings, bilikins - grotesque human figures |
Raw Material
Pendant |
Nome Census Area
| |
| 59-14-10/38874A | Seal: one of four small ivory carvings |
Figurine
|
Resolute Bay
| |
|
| 59-14-10/38874C | Gun: one of four small ivory carvings |
Figurine
|
Resolute Bay
| |
|
| 59-14-10/38874B | Man stalking seal: one of four small ivory carvings |
Figurine
|
Resolute Bay
| |
|
| 59-14-10/38874D | Spear: one of four small ivory carvings |
Figurine
|
Resolute Bay
| |
| 10-22-60/76033 | Carvings of birds etc., used in game |
Figurine
|
Siberia
| |
| 65-7-10/44047 | Ivory carving - 3 owls sitting on a tree, set in stone platform |
Carving
|
Pelly Bay
| |
| 18-8-10/87292 | Ivory carvings, unfinished |
Figurine
|
Canada
| |
| 62-3-10/39148 | Small ivory carving - loon |
Carving
|
Resolute Bay
|