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Object Number
66-25-10/45465
Display Title
Ivory carving - three white owls and two ravens sitting on a rock
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory owls (3) and ravens (2) sitting on platform, 1 broken off.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Gita Tireatnar Inuksaq
Culture
- Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
/
<County>
/
Pelly Bay
Additional Geographic Terms
Hudson Bay region
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 8.9 x 3 x 2.7 cm (3 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
66-25-10/45465 & GITA THRESE / PELLY BAY
Provenance
Collector
Chauncey C. Nash
(1966 - 1966)
Donor
Chauncey C. Nash
(1966 - 1966)
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