Walrus figure
- Museum number:
- 2-6092
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006092
- Alternate number:
- x-2285 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- For kayak. Walrus of carved walrus ivory; tusks missing; wood plugs, drilled holes in several places; seperately carved flipper.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- 1898
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Charm for kayak (fide John Taxsac, 1962). Novelty amulet (fide Jean-Loup Rousselot).
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 8.3 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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