Object Details
- Collector
- Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
- Donor Name
- Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
- CARVED SITTING BIRD ON A FLAT, RECTANGULAR BASE (CARVED FROM ONE PIECE). EYES & WING DETAILS ARE SCRIMSHAWED IN BROWN, FEET ARE SCRIMSHAWED IN BLACK. BACK EDGE OF BASE HAS 2 GROOVES CUT ONTO SURFACE. EDGE IS ROUGH & JAGGED. HIGHLY POLISHED EXCEPT FOR BOTTOM OF BASE. TWO PARALLEL CRACKS (APPROX. 3 CM LONG) RUN DOWN BREAST OF BIRD. ACCORDING TO APPRAISER'S LIST, THOUGHT TO BE SIBERIAN YUPIK ESKIMO OF ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND. PURCHASED IN BARROW, ALASKA.
- Record Last Modified
- 9 Feb 2016
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
- Accession Date
- 20 Jul 1995
- Collection Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 400225
- USNM Number
- E428025-0
- Object Type
- Figure
- Length - Object
- 6.6 cm
- Width - Object
- 3.3 cm
- Height - Object
- 6 cm
- Place
- Point Barrow / St. Lawrence Island (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8460739
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f9105f22-92be-4183-9baa-2e97a24d85c6
