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Object Number 65-7-10/44092
Display Title Ivory carving on bone platform - man hunting seal.
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory carving - man hunting seal: man, dog and seal in ivory on bone platform; seal has been harpooned
Inventory Description Carved ivory seal hunt, with pegged man, dog and seal on bone platform.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • 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: 9.5 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm (3 3/4 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 65-7-10/44092 & Pelly Bay
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1965)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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