Miniature Carving of Wolf Facing a Horned Animal
Iñupiaq, St. Lawrence Island Yupik or Yup'ik, Alaska, Western Arctic, Arctic
early 20th century
Ivory
Overall: 7/16 x 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (1.1 x 0.6 x 6.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.26158
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Animal Figure
Classification
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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