Plug for sealskin float or poke

Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1905

Wood, ivory, and pigment

Overall: 4 7/8 × 3 9/16 × 2 1/2 in. (12.4 × 9 × 6.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9689

Geography

Place Made: Point Barrow, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Transportation: Water

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Inscriptions

Label on back of object: "End for Eskimo carrying bag. Made of whole skin of the seal."

Provenance

Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Point Barrow, Alaska, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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