Description & Technical information
A minute ornament carved with a heart-shaped grimacing face. Okvik Culture, St. Lawrence Island, Bering Strait, Alaska. 300 B.C. - 300 A.D. Mineralized walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). 3,9 cm.
Date: 300 B.C. - 300 A.D
Period: Antiquity
Origin: Alaska
Medium: Mineralized walrus tusk
Dimensions: 3.9 cm (1¹/₂ inches)
Literature: SURRÉALISME & ARTS PRIMITIFS Une révolution du regard. Fondation Pierre Arnaud, Lens (CH), 19/06/2014 – 5/10/2014.
Exhibitions: SURRÉALISME & ARTS PRIMITIFS Une révolution du regard. Fondation Pierre Arnaud, Lens (CH), 19/06/2014 – 5/10/2014.
Categories: Tribal Art
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