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Start Over Object class Sculpture (visual works) Collection place Alaska Accession number Acc.854
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19552, described as Sea otter, ivory; head looking backwards; body and hindfeet are bear-like.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19547, described as Walrus, bone; standing walrus on pedestal base; 1 tusk missing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19550, described as Stellar sea lion; mouth open and stained with red, ears laid back; appears to be in threatening posture.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-19549, described as Fox, ivory.
Hearst Museum object titled Carving of hand, accession number 2-19268, described as Carving of human hand (clenched fist) in fossil mammoth ivory; apparently cane handle; green stain at base from contact with brass.
Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-19284, described as Flat mammoth ivory slab with hunting scence engraved in brown; 2 drilled holes, 2 carved fins; other side brown tones.
Hearst Museum object titled Face shield, accession number 2-19082, described as Wooden "beaver" (face protector) with totemic design. Shallow notches cut into the upper rim are eye holes. Accompanies 2-19081 (war helmet). Label: "fighting headdress and collar carving represents a worm, the same tradition as feast pipe.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 2-19554, described as Carved human standing female figure, ivory, one leg broken off.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Helmet, accession number 2-19163, described as Closed crown, long-visored type. Bentwood with encircling horizontal bands of yellow, red, black, blue and green over whitewash. 2 pairs of eye-like designs in front, the top pair continuing to radiate design towards the back. Bone volutes (pair) at sides, each with triangle-shaped base continuing to spirals; incised circle and dot designs in blue and red; at top of each is a bird carved in the round. Bone backplate over back seam has incised blue and red linear designs and...(cont'd in Comments)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Skin scraper, accession number 2-19254, described as Bone skin scraper with red paint. Carved whalebone with series of grooves on underside.

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