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Start Over Object type ethnography Collection place Unalaklik, Norton Sound, Nome Borough Culture or time period Yup'ik Materials Wood (plant material) Taxon Odobenus rosmarus

1. Whale figurine

Museum number:
2-6138
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
length 8.8 centimeters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Unalaklik, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus

2. Zoomorph

Museum number:
2-6097
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies, 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions, and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
length 8.9 centimeters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Unalaklik, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus

3. Zoomorph

Museum number:
2-6164
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Object class:
Zoomorphic
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
length 8.8 centimeters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Unalaklik, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus