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Object Number 59-14-10/38869
Display Title Stone carving - walrus
Descriptions
Object Description Carving of walrus in steatite; two "tusks" of carved ivory are glued in place with hide glue.
Inventory Description Carving, stone walrus, rippled back, carved bone tusks, incised features
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date December 31, 1958
Artist Makusi Pangutu Mukimmuk
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Quebec / <County> / Povungnituk
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay, East side of
Materials Stone, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 18 x 7.5 cm (3 1/8 x 7 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 59-14-10/38869 & E91317
Provenance
Collector Chauncey C. Nash (1958-1959)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash (1959)

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