Ball for Bolas
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
Traditional
Walrus ivory
Overall: 1 15/16 × 3/4 × 9/16 in. (5 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lt. Col. Joseph W. A. Whitehorne III
160.56.14636
Geography
Place Made: Nome, United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Acquired from the son [85 years old at the time] of a trader for the Russian American Trading Company, Nome, Alaska, V; sold to Lt. Col. Joseph W. A. Whitehorne III (1917-1990), Dartmouth ROTC, Thetford Center, Vermont; given to present collection, 1960.
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