Figure of Tupilak
Object Details
- Collector
- Eugene A. Thalmann
- Donor Name
- Eugene Thalmann
- Tupilak figure in prone position, propped on elbows. Instead of feet, body seems to end in a fin(?). Face with ridges or incised lines on forehead and cheeks. Open mouth with teeth. Right eye inlaid with black plastic substance. Left eye missing inlay.
- Record Last Modified
- 9 Feb 2016
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Eskimo, Inuit, East Greenland Inuit / Tunumiit
- Accession Date
- 6 Aug 2008
- Collection Date
- 1965 to 1966
- Accession Number
- 2034547
- USNM Number
- E432498-0
- Object Type
- Figure
- Length - Object
- 11 cm
- Maximum Width - Object
- 3.5 cm
- Depth - Object
- 3 cm
- Place
- Area of Ammassalik, East, Greenland
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8940419
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b8bf7c9-38f8-40f6-a543-758de5479cb9
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