Anthropomorph

Museum number:

2-5867

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ark:/21549/hm21020005867

Alternate number:

X-957 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Figurine; ivory carving of men wrestling.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska; Pastolik

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

1898

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Anthropomorphic and Carvings (visual works)

Function:

5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

height 3 centimeters

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