Whale
Technique: Carved, polished, engraved. Materials: Steatite (soapstone); hardness <7; color: mostly black marbled with green and gray. Design Elements: Whale with tail extended up. Lateral fins, eyes and mouth are engraved; also the blow hole.
- Object: Whale
- Artist: Tetpon
- Circa: Late 20th C
- Dimensions: L: 5 1/2"; H: 3 1/2"; W: 1"
- Culture Area: Arctic
- Cultural Group: Inuit
- Cultural Context: -
- Donor: George B. Robson
- Catalog #: 96.095