Carved Ivory Seal Charm
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=595 , retrieved 7-17-2018: Charm. "There are ceremonies for all successful hunts, when you get a seal or walrus. It is usually the hunting captain and his assistants who will thank the ocean for the gift." -Nicolai Ettyne, 2005 This fat-bodied seal, carved from walrus ivory, was probably a hunting charm. When suspended, the seal tilts downward as if diving.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Wankarem (Cape Vankarem), Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, Siberian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E63641-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Charm
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm