Arg joug: Two Stars
29-158-36
From: Canada | Repulse Bay
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Title | Arg joug: Two Stars |
| Object Number | 29-158-36 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Canada | Repulse Bay |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | String |
| Iconography | Stars |
| Description | Arg joug: Two Stars, rising just before daybreak in late Devember and early January. Deer meat is offered to them to pray them to make the weather warmer and keeep the sun from going away altogether. |
| Length | 19 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of John Lyman Cox, in memory of George Comer, the collector, 1925 |
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