Carving
| Object Number: | 96-18-2 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Inuit |
| Provenience: | Alaska (uncertain) |
| Culture Area: | Arctic Culture Area |
| Date Made: | 20th Century |
| Early Date: | 1900 |
| Late Date: | 1996 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Whalebone Ivory Paint |
| Technique: | Carved Painted |
| Iconography: | Rookery Birds |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Drs. Fay & Walter Selove, 1996 |
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.
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