Seal head carving
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: D. M. Averill and Company
label: Seller
content: D. M. Averill and Company
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from D.M. Averill and Co. (a Portland, Oregon, publishing company and coin dealer) in 1905.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4550
label: Barcode
content: 004550.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seal head carving
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised