Carved Seal Tusk

Unknown people (Alaska Native)
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected by 1954

Ivory

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection; Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells

987.35.26719

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifact: Toy

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Exhibition History

Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature, Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall

Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana

Montana Club

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana

Provenance

Collected by J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), about 1943-1954; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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