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Object Number 64-34-10/43967
Display Title Carving - greenstone bird
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, greenstone bird laying on back, neck cracked and mended
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Greenstone
Dimensions Overall: 6.2 x 9.2 x 2.9 cm (2 7/16 x 3 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-34-10/43967
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1964)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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