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Object Number 59-14-10/38859
Display Title Stone carving - pulling seal out of water
Descriptions
Object Description Stone carving - pulling seal out of water
Inventory Description Carving, stone, seated human figure dragging seal by front flippers
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date March 16, 1959
Artist Twammie
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Quebec / <County> / Povungnituk
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay, East side of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 20 x 10 cm (5 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 59-14-10/38859 & Eskimo Man pulling / Seal from water / Adamie Kone / April 3, 1
Provenance
Collector Chauncey C. Nash (1958-1959)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash (1959)

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