Carved "Blanket Toss"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED "BLANKET TOSS" SCENE FEATURES FIVE FIGURES MOUNTED ON A SQUARE BASE. BASE IS WOOD, TOP IS COVERD W/ WHITE SEAL FUR, BOTTOM IS COVERED W/ YELLOW-ORANGE FUR/FELT?, SIDES ARE COVERED W/ WHITE LEATHER. SURFACE HAS 4 IVORY FIGURES HOLDING A SEALSKIN BLANKET. THE FIFTH FIGURE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF BLANKET. EACH FIGURE WEARS A HOODED PARKA, MITTENS, & KNEE BOOTS. FACIAL FEATURES, MITTENS, & TRIM OF CLOTHINGS & BOOTS ARE PAINTED IN BLACK. BOTTOM OF FEET HAS DOWEL TO ATTACH FIGURE TO BASE. BLANKET EDGES HAVE SINEW SEWN THROUGH FORMING SERIES OF LOOPS, SOME OF WHICH ARE THREADED THROUGH HOLES BORED IN HANDS. THIS IS TO ATTACH FIGURES TO BLANKET. CONDITION: 2 OF THE HOLDING FIGURES & CENTER FIGURE ARE LOOSE. 2 WORN PLACES ON SEALSKIN. ACCORDING TO APPRAISER'S LIST, MAKER COULD POSSIBLY BE DWIGHT MILLIGROCK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jan 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E427960-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.7 cm