Two Fish on a Base

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Two Fish on a Base
Two Fish on a Base
Date1956
MediumBone and soapstone
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 7 × 2 in. (7.6 × 17.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936
Object number1992.36
Not on view
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Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Seek and Find," September 1, 2015 - ongoing (no cat., brochure).
Provenance 1992: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of James Taylor Dunn.
Markings Adhesive label on bottom of base: 2 FISH / 2 PEG / BASE / 1956 / [sale price]; [vertical on left] SCULPTURE; [vertical on right] ESKIMO; in green ink on label: [illegible]


Signature Unsigned
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Fisherman
Jacobie Adamie
Date: c. 1967
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1992.35
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Unknown artist
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Medium: Soapstone
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Unknown artist
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Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1943.192a-b
Pelican
Pelican
Dania Koma
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Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1992.37
Image Not Available for Eskimo with Loaves of Bread
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Levi Qumaaluk
Date: 20th century
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1992.38
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Date: 1850-1880
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 2024.16.1-36
Photo by John Bentham.
Model Pagodas
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 1850-1880
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 2023.14.1-2
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Michael Rakowitz
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Scarab bead
Scarab bead
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Photo by John Bentham.
Jambiya (dagger) and sheath
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