Carving of a Bear (possibly)
probably Haida or Tlingit, Northwest Coastcollected 1820-1860
possibly Mountain Sheep horn
Overall: 5 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (14.5 × 8 × 5.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.3.1936
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Figure
Classification
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.
Old Number
Red No. 22.382
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