Tupilak Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 2007
label: Collection Date
content: Mid-1960s
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Maxwell E. Britton
notes: label: Notes
content: Standing human figure with elongated arms, skull-like head. Incised lines on forehead. Opening in chest. Eyes inlaid with black substance, probably plastic. Right leg broken and repaired at thigh. Made for sale in tourist market. This figure was displayed in the "Science in the News" case in conjunction with the Greenland Festival that was held at NMNH in May 2005. Exhibit bracket stored with object.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: East, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, East Greenland Inuit / Tunumiit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034605
label: USNM Number
content: E432434-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11.9 cm