Toy
Model
29-98-4
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-98-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Eskimo |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Hide | Wood | Bead |
Iconography | Man | Bench | Drum | Musician |
Description | Man on Bench Holding Drum. Membrane-covered figure with wooden head and blue bead eyes, representing an Angakok seated on a wooden bench and holding drum and drumstick. Probably from a child's grave. Now, 1943, in bad condition. |
Height | 28.5 cm |
Length | 19.5 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to Alaska/Siberia; William Van Valin 1917-1919 |
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