Bone Carving
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Dec 1938
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Red. Plano-convex; 5/16" W. neck joins carved ends with ridged holes & curved ribs; 2 suspension holes." Illus. Fig. 106, p. 115 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Identified there: "Spirit face carving, A.D. 1-1100. Carvings from the middle era depict animals, people, and supernatural beings. This small ivory piece shows one, possibly two, spirit-like faces."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 74 p. 72 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Island / Uyak Bay, Kodiak Quad / Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 149653
label: USNM Number
content: A395188-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7.5 cm