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Object Number
2019.11.4
Display Title
Stone carving of walrus with tusks
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, stone walrus, flat base, smooth angled body, inserted bone tusks
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1969 or earlier
Artist
Joe Alika
(1969 or before)
Culture
- Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Quebec
/
Nunavik
/
Kuujjuarapik
Materials
Stone , Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 × 8.6 × 25 cm (4 5/8 × 3 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2019.11.4 / canadian eskimo art / 6556
Credit Line
Gift of Philip C. Garber, AB '56, JD '61 and Paul William Garber, AB '56, JD '61
Provenance
Collector
Paul William Garber
(5/1969)
Collector
Philip C. Garber
(5/1969)
Seller
La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau Quebec
(5/1969)
Donor
Donated by
Philip C. Garber
(5/15/2019)
Donor
Donated by
Paul William Garber
(5/15/2019)
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