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
Image Not Available for Bone Arrow
Bone Arrow
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, bone or antler, and feather, bound with sinew
Object number: 1984.515
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Basket
Date: 1900-30
Medium: Willow, cottonwood, and martynia
Object number: 1989.3.3
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at H…
Basket
Date: 1875-1925
Medium: Willow or sumac, cottonwood, martynia
Object number: 1989.3.7
Image Not Available for Basket
Basket
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1996.15.35
Doll Head
Doll Head
Date: c. 1875
Medium: White stone with human hair
Object number: 1984.510
Photograph by John Bentham.
Woman's Hair Decoration
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Image Not Available for Tapa Cloth
Tapa Cloth
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bark with pigment
Object number: 2000.1.2
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Spoon
Date: unknown
Medium: Mountain goat horn
Object number: 1996.15.33
Tray
Tray
Date: 1875-1925
Medium: Willow, cattail, and martynia, or devil's claw
Object number: 1989.3.5
Trinket basket
Trinket basket
Date: 1850-1925
Medium: Cedar and dyes
Object number: 1989.3.9a-b
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Woven Basket
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1996.15.36
Woven Basket
Woven Basket
Date: date unknown
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1996.15.37