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Twin-headed zoomorphic figure

1997-170

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This elegant, highly polished object carries double images of shrews, weasels, or mice with big ears, no face, and pointed snouts. Lack of an obvious means of attachment other than a thin short stem suggests that it may have been used as an amulet sewn inside clothing, or kept in a pouch or bag.

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Title

Twin-headed zoomorphic figure

Medium

Walrus ivory

Dimensions

l. 5.9 cm., w. 1.4 cm., d. 1.1 cm. (2 5/16 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection

Object Number

1997-170

Place Excavated

North America, United States, Alaska, Provenance unknown

Type

ivories, figurines

Materials

ivory

Subject

zoomorphic, mammals

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., p. 183

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Alaska, Provenance unknown, United States, Arctic, Twin-headed zoomorphic figure. Walrus ivory; 5.9 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm. The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection (1997-170)
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https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/37717

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