Pendant, Old Bering Sea II, 400 - 800 AD
Auction Closed
May 24, 03:58 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Pendant, Old Bering Sea II, 400 - 800 AD
Length: 4 in (10.2 cm)
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ivory
Walter Toolie, Savoonga, St Lawrence Island, excavated at Ivetok, St Lawrence Island
Jeffrey R. Myers, New York, acquired from the above
Acquired from the above
Jeffrey R. Myers, New York, acquired from the above
Acquired from the above
William W. Fitzhugh, Julie Hollowell, and Aron L. Crowell, eds, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, Princeton, 2009, p. 280, fig. 20e, and p. 309, cat. no. 181
Princeton University Art Museum, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, October 3, 2009 – January 10, 2010
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