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Object Number 64-34-10/43942
Display Title Stone carving - polar bear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, stone, seated polar bear
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Pelly Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8.6 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-34-10/43942
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1964)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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