Carved Bird
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED SITTING BIRD ON A FLAT, RECTANGULAR BASE (CARVED FROM ONE PIECE). EYES & WING DETAILS ARE SCRIMSHAWED IN BROWN, FEET ARE SCRIMSHAWED IN BLACK. BACK EDGE OF BASE HAS 2 GROOVES CUT ONTO SURFACE. EDGE IS ROUGH & JAGGED. HIGHLY POLISHED EXCEPT FOR BOTTOM OF BASE. TWO PARALLEL CRACKS (APPROX. 3 CM LONG) RUN DOWN BREAST OF BIRD. ACCORDING TO APPRAISER'S LIST, THOUGHT TO BE SIBERIAN YUPIK ESKIMO OF ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND. PURCHASED IN BARROW, ALASKA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow / St. Lawrence Island (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yupik, St. Lawrence Island
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428025-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 6.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6 cm