Scrimshaw depicting a Steam Whaling Ship
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Bone and graphite
Overall: 1 5/8 × 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4.2 × 7.5 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.14737
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Carving
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
"Whaling Ship / etched by Esquimo / Arctic, Alaska / Aug.1905"
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Publication History
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 81 and p. 139, no. 11.
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Alaska, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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