Whale Stomach Container
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected about 1960
Whale stomach and cord
Overall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alan Cooke, Class of 1955
163.47.15158
Geography
Place Made: Sheshalik, Kotzebue Sound, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Alan Gordon Richard Cooke (Dartmouth, Class of 1955; 1933-1989), about 1960; given to present collection, 1963.
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