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Object Number 65-7-10/44040
Display Title Stone carving - owl
Descriptions
Object Description Stone carving - owl; black soap stonestone carving of free-standing owl, with ivory eye inserts and stylized wing decoration.
Inventory Description Carving, stone, owl, incised and punctate features, shell/stone inlay eyes
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Repulse Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Stone, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 5.1 x 8.5 cm (4 5/16 x 2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-7-10/44040; Repulsed Bay / Owl. Recd. / Jan. 5, 1965 / #4
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1965)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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