Carved beluga; "(dolphin family)" added in pen. Walrus ivory with baleen eyes, nose holes.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Unalaklik, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound; Unalaklik
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
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
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-5969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965) and S1987-1988 #25: Monterey Bay Aquarium (November 17, 1987–June 1, 1988)