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 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 Oval head with long nose and small mouth; slot at top of head; body is flat with long longitudinal slit; decorated with slanted parallel lines and dashed lines. Culture: Okvik
Material: Ivory Oval head with long nose and small mouth; slot at top of head; body is flat with long longitudinal slit; decorated with slanted parallel lines and dashed lines. Culture: Okvik
Material: Ivory Face carved at upper side; eyes, nose, mouth indicated; right cheek has round hole; 3 straight tattoo lines indicated each side of face below eyes, running down cheek; 2 horizontal tattoo marks upper head with half moon shaped...
Material: Ivory Smoothly rounded wings; triangular hole in base; transverse, drilled hole through base; slender post in center; decorated with curving parallel lines. Culture: Old Bering Sea I