Two Mouthpieces for Seal Poke
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1948-1957
Ivory
Overall: 2 × 1 1/4 in. (5.1 × 3.2 cm)
Overall: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sally Carrighar
166.43.16143
Geography
Place Made: Point Hope, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Processing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Sally Carrighar (1895-1985) writer and naturalist who spent ten years in the Arctic; given to present collection, 1966.
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