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Object Number 65-7-10/44048
Display Title Ivory carving - 2 polar bears fighting
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory bears, fighting.
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Pelly Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm (7 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-7-10/44048 & Pelly Bay
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1965)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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