Whale Stomach Container

Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected about 1960

Whale stomach and cord

Overall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alan Cooke, Class of 1955

163.47.15158

Geography

Place Made: Sheshalik, Kotzebue Sound, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Bag

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Alan Gordon Richard Cooke (Dartmouth, Class of 1955; 1933-1989), about 1960; given to present collection, 1963.

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