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Object Number 65-7-10/44099
Display Title Stone carving - man with ivory harpoon, stone dog and polar bear
Descriptions
Object Description Stone carving - man with ivory harpoon, stone dog and polar bear . Bear is looking out of whalebone(?) cave
Inventory Description Carving, 3 stone figures - one human, one polar bear, one dog, worked pelvic bon
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories / <County> / Repulse Bay
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Stone, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 20.9 x 16 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 65-7-10/44099; Bay 1965; Novembe
Provenance
Collector Chauncey C. Nash (1965 - 1965)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash (1965 - 1965)

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