Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Aug 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1968 to 1972
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Joseph Blumberg
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph M. Blumberg
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM TAG: "CANADA, SPENCE BAY, OOHIKTOOK FACE". CARVED FROM VERY POROUS WHALE VERTEBRA. SMALL FACE WITH VERY LARGE MOUTH, 6 BONE TEETH INSERTED. BETWEEN BOTTOM 2 TEETH IS THE HEAD OF A POLAR BEAR, CARVED FROM A SEPARATE PIECE OF BONE. POLAR BEAR HAS BLACK PAINTED EARS, EYES, NOSE, RED MOUTH WITH 4 TEETH. LEATHER STRAP ATTACHED AT TOP, BACK OF MASK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Spence Bay (Taloyoak) / Fairbanks (purchased here), Nunavut / Alaska, Canada / United States, 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: 364390
label: USNM Number
content: E424003-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 20 cm