Throwing Board (atlatl) for Hunting Birds
Jim Sirloak, American (Iñupiaq), 20th century
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1948-1957
Ivory
Overall: 14 × 2 1/4 × 1 in. (35.6 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sally Carrighar
166.43.16156
Geography
Place Made: King Island, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased from Jim Sirloak a King Islander in Nome, Alaska by Sally Carrighar (1895-1985) writer and naturalist who spent ten years in the Arctic; given to present collection, 1966.
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