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Bone carving - man sitting cross-legged over ice with a fish and small igloo.
Bone carving - man sitting cross-legged over ice with a fish and small igloo.
Object Number 62-3-10/39702
Display Title Bone carving - man sitting cross-legged over ice with a fish and small igloo.
Descriptions
Object Description Bone carving - man sitting cross-legged over ice; on ice is also a fish and a small igloo
Inventory Description Carved bone ice fishing scene, fisherman, fish, igloo on bone platform.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Resolute Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay Region
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 17.9 x 7.8 x 8.8 cm (7 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62-3-10/39702
Provenance
Collector Chauncey C. Nash (1962)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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