Whaling Outfit
Float
NA4791
From: Alaska | Sledge Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA4791 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Sledge Island |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone | Wood |
| Description | Part of whaling outfit. Wooden figurine of a young woman (thought to be spirit of whale). Used as a float. Crude carving with quartz eyes and groove to attach arms. |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Seward Peninsula/Siberia; William Blair Van Valin, 1919 |
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