Scrimshaw Baleen Strip, Titled "Top Of The World"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, FLAT BALEEN STRIP IS DARK BROWN, TAPERS TO A POINT & FRINGED W/ TAN KERATIN FIBERS. ONE SIDE HAS SCRIMSHAW SCENE. TITLE "TOP OF THE WORLD" IN CENTER. BELOW IS THE DATE "1963 FEB 14" AND BELOW THAT "BARROW ALASKA." COMPOSITION CONSISTS OF 3 SCENES (L TO R). TO THE LEFT OF CENTER CAPTION IS A SCENE OF 2 WALRUSES ON ICE. TO THE RIGHT OF THE CAPTION IS A SCENE OF 4 SEATED MEN PLAYING DRUMS W/ ANOTHER MAN STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DRUMMERS. THE LAST SCENE IS OF 4 MEN CARRYING A SKIN BOAT. LOWER RIGHT CORNER HAS SIGNATURE "MADE BY JAMES SIELAK." CONDITION: PITTED ALONG EDGE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E427953-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Artwork
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.5 cm