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Object Number
64-29-10/43862
Display Title
Ivory carving of a polar bear eating a seal
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory bear eating seal.
Classification
- Carving
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Michael Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm (3 11/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64-29-10/43862
Provenance
Collector
F. Seymour Hersey
(1914)
Donor
F. Seymour Hersey
(July 21, 1964)
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