Sculpture: igloo, woman, and accessories
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNKNOWN. THREE-SECTIONED IGLOO STYLE HOUSE ON A STONE BASE. LEFT STRUCTURE LARGEST WITH AN OPEN WINDOW TOWARDS THE TOP. LEFT STRUCTURE HAS OPEN ROOF AND DOOR ON RIGHT SIDE. SECTION OF DOOR BROKEN AND REPAIRED. ALL THREE SECTIONS OPEN AND CONNECTED THROUGH MIDDLE STRUCTURE. FOUR SMALL HOLES ON RIGHT SIDE OF LARGE STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS TWO HOLES ON BASE. SLED-LIKE OBJECT HELD UP ON SUPPORTS ON LEFT SIDE OF MIDDLE STRUCTURE. LEFT END OF RUNNER IS BROKEN OFF AND IN SECOND ASSOCIATED BOX. SMALL OBJECT ABOVE THE WINDOW IN LARGE STRUCTURE. ALL THREE SECTIONS ARE INCISED WITH BRICK PATTERN. TWO ASSOCIATED BOXES. IN FIRST IVORY FEMALE FIGURINE WITH INCISED FEATURES AND CLOTHING, AND A HOLE IN HER RIGHT HAND, HELD ACROSS TORSO. HAS A PEG ON THE BOTTOM. RECTANGULAR OBJECT THAT COULD FIT IN THE WINDOW. RAWHIDE/BONE/IVORY ATTACHMENTS IN PLASTIC BAGS. OTHER BOX HAS SMALL STONE FOUR-LEGGED OBJECT WITH IVORY PEG. ROUND FLAT BOTTOMED OBJECT WITH UPPER HALF OF MALE PERSON AT ONE END. INCISED FEATURES, LYING ON STOMACH LEANING HEAD ON ELBOWS, WHICH REST ON THE GROUND.
label: Notes
content: SEE SI ARCHIVES
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 12
place: label: Place
content: 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: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E427848-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 33 cm