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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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