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Object Number
2019.11.1
Display Title
Stone carving of hunter with seal
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, stone, leaning full figure, carrying seal on back and spear, unpolished base
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1967 or earlier
Artist
Johanassie
Culture
- Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
/
<County>
/
Port Harrison
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 21 × 14 × 21 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2019.11.1 / canadian eskimo art / 91749
Credit Line
Gift of Philip C. Garber, AB '56, JD '61 and Paul William Garber, AB '56, JD '61
Provenance
Collector
Paul William Garber
(1967)
Collector
Philip C. Garber
(1967)
Seller
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
(1967)
Donor
Donated by
Philip C. Garber
(5/15/2019)
Donor
Donated by
Paul William Garber
(5/15/2019)
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