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Object Number 64-34-10/43946
Display Title Ivory carving - small polar bear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, ivory polar bear, incised and pigmented facial features
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 Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 3.2 x 1.3 x 3.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-34-10/43946 & PELLY BAY
Provenance
Collector Chauncey C. Nash (1964 - 1964)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash (1964 - 1964)

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