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Carved black stone bird
Object Number 2011.16.30
Display Title Carved black stone bird
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, stone bird, incised, integrated flat base
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date 1971 or earlier
Artist Timunjiak
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / Baffin Island, Southwest / Cape Dorset
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 6.1 x 8.1 cm (4 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.16.30
Credit Line Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Dealer Arctic Circle Gallery (-1971)
Collector Dr. Paul R. Lurie (1971-)
Collector Barbara Lurie (1971-2011)
Donor Donated by Dr. Paul R. Lurie (6/27/2011)

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