Plug for sealskin float or poke
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Wood, ivory, and pigment
Overall: 4 7/8 × 3 9/16 × 2 1/2 in. (12.4 × 9 × 6.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9689
Geography
Place Made: Point Barrow, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Transportation: Water
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label on back of object: "End for Eskimo carrying bag. Made of whole skin of the seal."
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Point Barrow, Alaska, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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