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Object Number 59-14-10/38871
Display Title Stone carving - woman and child skinning seal
Descriptions
Object Description Stone carving - woman and child skinning seal
Inventory Description Carving, stone, kneeling female w/ child on back, holding bone ulu, cutting sea
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Repulse Bay
Materials Stone, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.3 x 13 x 17.7 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 59-14-10/38871
Provenance
Collector Chauncey C. Nash (1958-1959 - 1959)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash (1958-1959 - 1959)

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