Whale Vertebra 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: MAIN BODY OF WHALE VERTEBRA CARVED INTO A FACE ON ONE SIDE. AT BOTTOM BONE IS CUT TO FORM LEGS FOR FIGURE TO STAND ON. ARMS ARE CARVED AT EITHER SIDE OF FACE. AT LEFT APPEARS TO BE AN EXTENDED ARM, W/MITTENED HAND BUT COULD ALSO BE THE TAIL AND POSTERIOR BODY OF A SEAL. AT RIGHT EMERGING FROM SIDE OF FACE IS A SEAL HEAD, W/INLAID EYES. PURCHASED IN FAIRBANKS
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364390
label: USNM Number
content: E424001-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 40.5 cm