Hunter with Two Seals
Technique: Carved, engraved, polished. Materials: Whale bone (base); steatite (soapstone); hardness <7 (figures) Design Elements: Three figures - a hunter dressed in traditional parka, and two seals. The hunter appears to be sneaking up on the seals - he is crawling towards them. The figures fit on different parts of the whale bone base which resembles landscape features.
- Object: Hunter with Two Seals
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: Late 20th C
- Dimensions: L: 12"; W: 5"; H: 2 3/4"
- Culture Area: Arctic
- Cultural Group: Inuit
- Cultural Context: -
- Donor: George B. Robson
- Catalog #: 96.116