Figure of Tupilak
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Aug 2008
label: Collection Date
content: 1965 to 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Eugene A. Thalmann
label: Donor Name
content: Eugene Thalmann
notes: label: Notes
content: Standing tupilak figure with short arms, pointed head, ridges on forehead, open mouth with teeth. Eyes inlaid with black plastic substance. Hole drilled in top of head. Brown shoelace inserted through hole and one end of shoelace is inserted into bone/ivory toggle. This toggle has a leather thong knotted through its other end. The thong is tied to another leather thong which is knotted through another bone/ivory toggle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Area of Ammassalik, 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: 2034547
label: USNM Number
content: E432480-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object (Excluding Shoelace And Thongs)
content: 11 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 3.1 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3 cm