Description & Technical information
E 294) A minute highly stylized female torso representing an ancestor. She is shown wearing the typical female top-knot coiffure and shows lightly defined breasts.
Period: Circa 1000-1800 AD.
Origin: Thule culture, Alaska
Medium: Mineralized walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens).
Dimensions: 1.9 cm (0³/₄ inches)
Categories: Tribal Art
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