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| Accession no.: |
Y: 2019/2 |
| Title: |
Story knife |
| Description: |
A lanceolate piece of bone carved on one side with seven human figures with arms outstretched and a caribou surmounted by another human figure adjacent to a summer tent in the centre. One end is perforated for suspension. Collected by Episcopal missionary Augustus Reginald Hoare in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1908 and 1920. |
| Classified name: |
| Cultural affiliation |
Iñupiat (Iñupiaq; North Alaska Eskimo)
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| Geographic area |
United States of America > Alaska > Tikigaq (Point Hope)
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| Getty AAT |
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| Field collection: |
| Person |
Hoare, Augustus Reginald |
| Date |
1908 |
| Place |
United States of America > Alaska > Tikigaq (Point Hope) |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
A lanceolate piece of bone with one flat side and one rounded side. Carved on rounded side with seven human figures with arms outstretched, with a caribou surmounted by another human figure adjacent to a summer tent in the centre. One end is perforated for suspension.
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| Dimensions: |
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Width: 13mm, length: 154mm, depth: 1mm
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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