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Loon on a Rock

Arts of the Americas

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CULTURE Inuit
MEDIUM Ivory, gray stone
  • Place Made: Canada
  • DATES 1950-1980
    DIMENSIONS 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (3.8 x 6.4 x 6.7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2004.79.61
    CREDIT LINE Hilda and Al Schein Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Polished natural gray stone form upon which is a loon with outstretched wings and drilled holes for eyes. Bird glued to stone. Base has incised Eskimo language letters, also numbers 8, 5, and additional numbers that are illegible.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
    CAPTION Inuit. Loon on a Rock, 1950-1980. Ivory, gray stone, 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (3.8 x 6.4 x 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Hilda and Al Schein Collection, 2004.79.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2004.79.61_view01_PS11-1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 2004.79.61_view01_PS11-1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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    Inuit. <em>Loon on a Rock</em>, 1950-1980. Ivory, gray stone, 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (3.8 x 6.4 x 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Hilda and Al Schein Collection, 2004.79.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2004.79.61_view01_PS11-1.jpg)