Walrus Emerging from the Water
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
about 1954-1959
Olive green serpentine with orange and brown veins
Overall: 3 1/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (7.7 × 8 × 6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Evelyn Stefansson Nef
2014.17.16
Geography
Place Made: Inukjuak (Port Harrison), Nunavik, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Sculpture
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Provenance
Evelyn Stefansson Nef (1913-2009); bequeathed to present collection, 2009; catalogued 2014.
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