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Object Number
59-14-10/38855
Display Title
Stone carving - man spearing seal
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone carving - man spearing seal
Inventory Description
Carving, stone, human figure dragging seal on leather cord, ivory spear
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
December 31, 1958
Artist
Isapik Smith
Culture
- Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Quebec
/
<County>
/
Povungnituk
Additional Geographic Terms
Hudson Bay, East side of
Materials
Stone, Ivory, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 20 x 8 cm (8 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
59-14-10/38855 & 2 / Isapik Smith. Povungnituk. / Dec 31, 1958
Provenance
Collector
Chauncey C. Nash
(1958-1959)
Donor
Chauncey C. Nash
(1959)
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