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Object Number 64-34-10/43958
Display Title Stone carving - white owl
Descriptions
Object Description Stone carving - white owl; soapstone carving of owl with ivory/baleen insets for eyes, wings in low-medium relief. Stone is somewhat speckled with dark mineral inclusions.
Inventory Description Carving, stone owl, incised features, shell inlay eyes, tail chipped
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Resolute Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Stone, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 7.5 x 13 cm (4 1/2 x 2 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-34-10/43958
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1964)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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