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Object Number
59-14-10/38881
Display Title
Stone carving - man and caribou
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone carving - Man straddled on caribou and driving a knife in caribou's head after having shot same with bow and arrow.
Inventory Description
Carving, stone, human figure, ivory inlay eyes, stabbing caribou in head w/ knif
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Quebec
/
<County>
/
Port Harrison
Materials
Stone, Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 23.5 x 11 cm (7 11/16 x 9 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
59-14-10/38881 & [partial label] outstanding piece / carved at Fort H / Black st
Provenance
Collector
Chauncey C. Nash
(1958-1959)
Donor
Chauncey C. Nash
(1959)
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