Toy Bird with Seal, between 1950 and 1955

  • Inuit, Native American

Stone and red clay

  • Overall (approx): 3 5/8 × 7 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (9.2 × 19.4 × 9.2 cm) Overall (base): 2 1/8 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/8 inches (5.4 × 11.4 × 5.4 cm) Overall (lemming): 5/8 × 2 1/8 × 5/8 inches (1.6 × 5.4 × 1.6 cm) Overall (bird): 1 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/2 inches (3.8 × 7.9 × 3.8 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf

59.193

possibly (The Canadian Handicrafts Guild, branch in London, Ontario, Canada)

1955, purchased by Charles William Creaser [ca. 1898-1965] and Hulda Ward Creaser [died ca. 1970] (Detroit, Michigan, USA) or Jessie Metcalf (active Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1959-present, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Jessie Metcalf to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Peck, William. "Eskimo Art." Bulletin of the DIA 41, no. 1 (1961): 12-13.

Inuit, Native American, Toy Bird with Seal, between 1950 and 1955, stone and red clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf, 59.193.