Baleen
Unknown people (Alaska Native)
Western Arctic
Arctic
20th century
Baleen
Overall: 3 15/16 × 26 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (10 × 68 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Transferred from Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College
988.34.26959
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Animal Remains
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Exhibition History
The Age of the Marvelous, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 21-November 24, 1991; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 25-March 22, 1992; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 24-August 25, 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 1992-January 3, 1993, naturalia no. n72.
Provenance
Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College; transferred to present collection, 1988.
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