Whaling Outfit

Float

NA4791

From: Alaska | Sledge Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4791
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Sledge Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Stone | Wood
Description

Part of whaling outfit. Wooden figurine of a young woman (thought to be spirit of whale). Used as a float. Crude carving with quartz eyes and groove to attach arms.

Length 35 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Seward Peninsula/Siberia; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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