Polar Bear Carving
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 "GREAT WHALE RIVER." INUKTITUT SYLLABIC WRITING INSCRIBED ON BASE AND ALSO #'S "E9272, 36982". 3 POLAR BEAR HEADS, CARVED FROM ONE LARGE STONE. TWO HEADS ON BASE FACING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND ONE FACING UPWARDS FROM BASE. TOP BEAR HAS TAIL AND BODY OF AN IVORY SEAL IN ITS OPEN MOUTH, DRILLED EYES, NOSTRILS; CARVED EARS. AT NECK OF UPPER HEAD A HOLE IS DRILLED. EYES, MOUTH, NOSTRILS PAINTED BLACK. STONE IS WHITE WITH GRAY MARBLING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Great Whale River (Kuujjuarapik ?) / Fairbanks (purchased here), Quebec / 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: E424002-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 19.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 33.5 cm