Argillite Carving of a Fish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Donor Name
content: Sarah B. Wilson
notes: label: Notes
content: Green argillite carving of a char/fish, made by Johnny Meeko, Sr., of Sanikiluaq in the 1970's, and purchased from the Canadian Handicrafts Guild in Toronto by Annette Barrash. The green char and gray base are separate pieces. The char has a wooden peg to attach to the base.This kind of argillite is found only on the Belcher Islands.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Sanikiluaq, Hudson Bay, Nunavut, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2084030
label: USNM Number
content: E436894-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Carving
content: 14.5 cm
label: Width - Carving
content: 1 cm
label: Depth - Carving
content: 4.1 cm
label: Length - Base
content: 4.5 cm
label: Width - Base
content: 2.5 cm
label: Height - Base
content: 1.9 cm