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Object Number 62-3-10/39701
Display Title Stone carving - polar bear
Descriptions
Object Description Stone carving - polar bear
Inventory Description Carving, stone, Polar Bear lying down
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Resolute Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay Region
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.9 x 20.5 x 8.4 cm (2 11/16 x 8 1/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62-3-10/39701 & Resolute Bay/September 10 1962
Provenance
Collector Chauncey C. Nash (1962)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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