Description & Technical information
Eskimo ancestor figure in a death pose and overall engraved and with the body shaped as if wrapped in a tight shroud. The skull like head is tattooed around the mouth. The foot is pierced.
Punuk Culture, St. Lawrence Island, Bering Strait, Alaska. Mineralized walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens).
Date: 600 – 900 AD
Period: Middle Ages, 10th century, 7th century
Origin: Alaska
Medium: Mineralized walrus tusk
Dimensions: 7 cm (2³/₄ inches)
Categories: Tribal Art
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