CARVING

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

CARVING

Entry/Object ID

1977.30.1

Description

BODY OF WALRUS/HEAD OF BEAR

Collection

First Nations

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Naujaat

Country

Canada

Culture/Tribe

Inuit
First Nation, Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Carving

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Diameter

4 in

Parts

Count

1

Material

SOAPSTONE

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

Item is from Repulse Bay area, Northwest Territories. Purchased by the donor from Brother J. Volant, o.m.i, Curator of Eskimo Museum Churchill, Manitoba