Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71431
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071431
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Object count:
1
Description:
Sculpture: light grey stone; minimalist abstract bird figure with hollowed-out eyes; other way up is a boot (acc. to some Inuit); flat, angular; syllabics “Miki” and K122-4” incised on underside. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Arviat (Eskimo Point), Inuit; Andy Miki. See p.7 of Images of the North appraisal for doner’s remarks.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Arviat, Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71431, described as Sculpture: light grey stone; minimalist abstract bird figure with hollowed-out eyes; other way up is a boot (acc. to some Inuit); flat, angular; syllabics “Miki” and K122-4” incised on underside. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Arviat (Eskimo Point), Inuit; Andy Miki. See p.7 of Images of the North appraisal for doner’s remarks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71431, described as Sculpture: light grey stone; minimalist abstract bird figure with hollowed-out eyes; other way up is a boot (acc. to some Inuit); flat, angular; syllabics “Miki” and K122-4” incised on underside. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Arviat (Eskimo Point), Inuit; Andy Miki. See p.7 of Images of the North appraisal for doner’s remarks.

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