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Object Number 2011.16.16.1
Display Title Stone base for Seated hunter with knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone base for Seated hunther with knife, felt on bottom
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Date 1969 or earlier
Artist Noah Aruaquq
Culture
  • Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut / Baffin Island / Pangnirtung
Materials Stone , Felt
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 × 15 × 5.5 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.16.16.1
Credit Line Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Dealer Arctic Circle Gallery (-1969)
Collector Dr. Paul R. Lurie (1969-2011)
Collector Barbara Lurie (1969-2011)
Donor Donated by Dr. Paul R. Lurie (6/27/2011)

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