possibly Root Pick Head
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Fossil Ivory
Overall: 8 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (20.6 × 6.6 × 3.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9609
Geography
Place Made: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Agricultural
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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