Whaling Outfit

Storage Box

NA4779

From: Alaska | Sledge Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4779
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Sledge Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Iconography Whale
Description

Whale Shape Storage box. Carved wooden box with compartment for harpoon points. One eye of whale is blue and the tail is broken.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Seward Peninsula/Siberia; William Blair Van Valin, 1919
Other Number 62 - Other Number

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