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Object Number 64-34-10/43935
Display Title Man hunting seal
Descriptions
Object Description Triangular stone platform with a figure (sitting) of a man and 3 ivory implements
Inventory Description Carving, stone, seated human figure with traingular base and 3 ivory implements
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Artist Marc Tungilik
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Repulse Bay?
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 5 x 11 cm (8 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 64-34-10/43935
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1964)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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