Miniature Carvings of a Pair of Seals
Iñupiaq, St. Lawrence Island Yupik or Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic
early 20th century
Ivory with black pigment
Overall: 11/16 × 13/16 × 2 in. (1.7 × 2 × 5.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.26145
Geography
Place Made: St. Lawrence Island, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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