Decorated Object, Ivory
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1933
name: label: Donor Name
content: James A. Ford
notes: label: Notes
content: Illustrated in Fitzhugh, William W., Julie Hollowell, and Aron L. Crowell. 2009. Gifts from the Ancient Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, CT. Fig. 12f, p 171. Identified there as a walrus ivory hunting hat ornament in the form of a toothy predator, Old Bering Sea II.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Miyowaghameet, Cut 23, Sec. 14 (6 ft. deep). Flat, with 2 attachment slots on under side; upper decoration in O.B.S. style with animal head at one end. Illus. Collins, Archeology of St. Law. Id., pl. 15. 9-30-1985 Lent to The American Federation of Arts, Ancient Ivories of the Bering Strait Eskimo exhibition. Loan returned Mar 7, 1988. Illus. in exhibit catalogue Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait by Allen Wardwell, 1986; #105, pg. 90-91. Identified there as Ornament, walrus ivory, Old Bering Sea III, ca. 300 AD - 500 AD. This fine carving probably represents a polar bear; the small hatched design behind the mouth may depict the spinal cord or the lifeline of the animal. The lifeline is an important motif in historical Eskimo art."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island / Gambell, Bering Sea / St. Lawrence Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113610
label: USNM Number
content: A371978-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11.5 cm