Beaver figure
Beaver figure

Currently not on view

Beaver figure,

before 1885

Lingít
ui.2011.149

Information

Title
Beaver figure
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Wood with paint
Dimensions
12 × 14.6 × 21.1 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
ui.2011.149
Place Collected

North America, probably Sheet'ká Ḵwáan (Sitka)

Marks/Labels/Seals
J.286 painted in red on bottom
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
tourist trade, bowls (vessels), figurines
Materials
wood, paint, pigment
Techniques
carving
Subject
beavers

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1885

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