Slate Carving
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 1981
name: label: Collector
content: N/A
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Marjorie M. Post
notes: label: Notes
content: Figure depicts two seals. Name of artist engraved on the bottom of the base appears to be Ooldteeto or Ooldteeta? Also engraved on the base is this person's disc number or Identification tag # E5-994, as assigned by the Canadian government to Inuit persons in lieu of surnames. This system was officially in place from 1941-1971. E5 indicates the artist was from the Canadian East Arctic. "E" was used for Inuit living east of Gjoa Haven. Part of Baffin Island is included in area E-5. See map after p. 25 in this publication which shows the location of the E-5 area: Roberts, A. Barry (1975, June). Eskimo Identification and Disc Numbers: A Brief History. Canada: Social Deverlopment Division, Depart of Indian and Northern Affairs. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/aanc-inac/R5-303-1975-eng.pdf .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: East Arctic / Nunavut (formerly Northwest Territories), Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 318782
label: USNM Number
content: E418765A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure