Carved Ivory Bird
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Dec 1879
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lucien M. Turner
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SMALL BIRD WITH HOOKED BEAK. WINGS STRETCHED OUT AND BACK FROM BODY. LEGS EXTEND FROM BASE. CARVED LOOP ATTACHED TO BELLY. DECORATED WITH V-SHAPED DOTS."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Pl. 2, after p. 82 in Turner, Lucien M., and Ray Hudson. 2008. An Aleutian ethnography. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press. Identified there as "Resembling an eagle, this carving with its repetitive dot motifs is similar to ones attached to Unangan bentwood hats. According to Nicholai Galaktionoff, the Unalaska people had a special relationship with eagles and could transform themselves into these birds."
label: Notes
content: E35901, 35911, and 35914 are Illus. Fig. 119a, p. 113 in Black, Lydia. 2003. Aleut art = Unangam aguqaadangin. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers. They are identified there as miniature bird carvings collected on Atka.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 79A00065
label: USNM Number
content: E35901-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 3 cm