Figure
Physical description
Carving of a bowhead whale. Whale has black inset eyes and two blowholes on the top of the head which also appear to have black insets. Mouth of whale is incised. The side flippers are made of separate pieces of walrus tusk that have been attached by drilling a hole into the side of the whale, inserting the flipper, and pegging through from the base.
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Materials
Date Made
C. 1950
Date Acquired
1 Dec 2013
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
In Memory of Dr. A.B. Clayton & Vera ClaytonMore...
Measurements
Overall: 2.3 cm x 6.6 cm x 12 cm
Object Number
3040/95