Wood Box in Shape of Walrus
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
Archaeological
Wood
Overall: 7 × 2 1/2 in. (17.8 × 6.4 cm)
Overall: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
163.53.15270
Geography
Place Made: Tikigaq (Tigara) Village, Point Hope, United States, North America
Object Name
Personal Gear: Box
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Don Charles Foote [1931-1969, Dartmouth Class of 1953], McGill University, Montreal, Canada for the Dartmouth College Museum; sold to present collection, 1963.
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