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Ivory carving - mother with baby on her back, holding a knife
Ivory carving - mother with baby on her back, holding a knife
Object Number 65-7-10/44050
Display Title Ivory carving - mother with baby on her back, holding a knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory woman carrying baby on her back, holding a knife
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Figurine
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: 9.1 x 5 x 3.4 cm (3 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-7-10/44050; PELLY BAY/Recd. April/28, 1965
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1965)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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