Coiled basket with Soapstone Seal Head Handle

Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
Arctic

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about 1960

Grass, soapstone, ivory

Overall: 11 13/16 × 4 3/4 in. (30 × 12 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William N. Chambers

172.16.25446

Geography

Place Made: Hudson Bay, Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Not on view

Provenance

Vilhjalmur Stefansson; given to Susan B. Chambers (Mrs. William Nesbitt Chambers), Hanover, New Hampshire, about 1960-62; given to present collection, 1972.

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