Otto Geist's personal charm belt. Commercially made leather belt with steel tongue and buckle; covered with ivory charms and trade beads; has whetstone, steel-bladed knife in sheath, and pouch and tobacco box also attached. Measures approximately...
Material: Ivory Harpoon Weight, decorated, with a large drill hole at the base that is 4cm long and 1.1cm wide. Piece is 7.4cm long and 4.5cm wide at the base. Several engraved lines decorate the piece. Culture: Punuk
Material: Ivory Human head, 6cm in size with broad cheeks, carved nose and mouth, drilled holes for eyes, incised lines between eyebrows and for eyebrows, and drilled holes for nostrils. Object is broken off at neck, the ivory fractured on back of...
Material: Ivory Realistic human head, overly oblong and slightly pointed at top. The face is fully carved including eyes, nose, mouth, small ears on sides, and tattoo lines on forehead, cheeks and chin. Object is broken at neck. Drilled hole at...
Material: Wood Little Diomede Island; possibly used in connection with whale worship; triangular cavity at bottom which formerly had lid in which were probably kept whale harpoon and lance blades. Secured without lid or blades.
Material: Wood Little Diomede Island; possibly used in connection with whale worship; triangular cavity at bottom which formerly had lid in which were probably kept whale harpoon and lance blades. Secured without lid or blades.
Material: Ivory Egg shaped; long nose, thin; eyebrows indicated by hachure marks; chin well executed in form of protuberance; radiating lines on back of head; dark brown, grey. Culture: Okvik
Material: ivory Oval ornament, flat on one side and convex on opposite side. Length 5.8 cm., width 3.25 cm. Convex side of ornament is very ornate with pattern of carved lines. Culture: Punuk from Kukulik, St. Lawrence Island
Material: Ivory Represents Eskimo wearing armor made of walrus hide such as was used when fighting with bows and arrows, or lances; base square for insert into board; possibly recent; orange yellow. Culture: Punuk