Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Carved bird
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Accession no.: | Y: 2019/110 | ||||||
Title: | Carved bird | ||||||
Description: | A carved walrus ivory ptarmigan, originally with feet (now missing). Collected by Episcopal missionary Augustus Reginald Hoare in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1908 and 1920. | ||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||
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A carved walrus ivory ptarmigan with incised eyes and two small holes on underside for attaching feet. Visible concentric layers of inner, secondary dentine, outer primary dentine and cementum of walrus ivory on underside. |
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