model;
figure
- Museum number
- As1943,06.9
- Description
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Ivory figurine of swimming duck; undecorated.
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.80 centimetres
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Weight: 3 grammes
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Width: 3.50 centimetres
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Depth: 1.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register 1943:
Collected in 1848 by Lt. W. H. Hooper from the Chukchi of Bering Straits, USSR in the course of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin.
See Lt W. H. Hooper, R. N., "Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski", p. 42.
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Minimally-carved bird figurines were commonly pieces of a game.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1943
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1943,06.9