Spirit Bird
Technique: Carved, engraved, polished. Materials: Steatite (soapstone); hardness <7; green with natural variation in color from yellow to dark grey. Design Elements: Image of a bird with a human head in the back of the bird's body. The bird is perched on a square base. Very little engraving done on it and few details on bird's body.
- Object: Spirit Bird
- Artist: Kopak
- Circa: Late 20th C
- Dimensions: L: 3 2/4"; W: 2 3/4"; H: 4 1/2"
- Culture Area: Arctic
- Cultural Group: Inuit
- Cultural Context: -
- Donor: George B. Robson
- Catalog #: 96.109