Walrus Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNKNOWN. FIGURE OF A WALRUS. TAIL HELD UP NEXT TO BODY. FRONT FLIPPERS HELD OUT ON EITHER SIDE. HEAD TURNED TO THE LEFT. INCISED FEATURES AND DEFINED FLIPPERS. ASSOCIATED WOODEN BASE AND SCREWS IN CASE. YELLOW GREEN STONE.
label: Notes
content: SEE SI ARCHIVES
label: Notes
content: Scratched/incised "Kaka" on bottom of figure. "Kaka" possibly may be Qaqaq (Kaka) Ashoona? Qaqaq (Kaka) Ashoona (1928-1996) was an artist from Ikirasak, an outpost camp on South Baffin Island, who became based out of Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Canada. See https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Qaqaq-Ashoona- , accessed 30 Dec 2022.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E427875-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 55 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 20 cm