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Object Number
2011.16.37
Display Title
Stone carving, "Crooked Stacked Sleds," sleds with polar bear on top; signed in syllabics; incised 8-00803
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, stone polar bear standing on top of "stacked sleds", partial perforations, incised, flat base
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1979 or earlier
Artist
Thomassie Kudluk
Culture
- Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Quebec
/
<County>
/
Payne Bay
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 16.1925 x 8.2 x 3.9 cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.16.37; 8-00803; "Crooked stacked sleds" / 77 / #####
Credit Line
Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Dealer
Arctic Circle Gallery
(-1979)
Collector
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
(1979-2011)
Collector
Barbara Lurie
(1979-2011)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
(6/27/2011)
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