Carving
96-18-2
From: Alaska (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 96-18-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Inuit |
| Provenience | Alaska (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Date Made | 20th Century |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whalebone | Ivory | Paint |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Iconography | Rookery | Birds |
| Description | Fossilized whalebone - one horizontal piece and one vertical piece, secured with screw. Eight ivory carved muir birds perched on vertical whalebone, partially painted black. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Drs. Fay & Walter Selove, 1996 |
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