Carved Polar Bear & Seal On Base
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: FOSSIL IVORY BASE IS TRIANGULAR W/ ROUNDED APEX & STRAIGHT BASE. BOTTOM HAS V-SHAPED RECESS. BOTTOM SURFACE HAS "IVORY BASE" STAMPED ONTO A PAINTED CLEAR LAYER. ON TOP OF BASE IS A CARVED BONE POLAR BEAR W/ INCISED RELIEF DETAILS OF FUR & FACE. BEAR IS SCREWED TO SURFACE BY COPPER PEG. HIND LEGS ARE RAISED OFF SURFACE. BEAR IS FACING CARVED IVORY SEAL W/ SCRIMSHAWED FACIAL & BODY DETAILS. CONDITION: COPPER PEG HAS CORRODED, STAINING SURROUNDING IVORY AREA GREEN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jan 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428036-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.6 cm