Currently not on view
Bear- (or wolf-) head ornament,
100–400 CE
Okvik/OBS I
1997-169
More Context
Didactics
This toothy animal head—representing either a bear or wolf—has sockets for eye inlays. It is too small for a handle or finial, but it may have been a hat ornament.
Information
Title
Bear- (or wolf-) head ornament
Dates
100–400 CE
Medium
Walrus ivory
Dimensions
h. 6.2 cm., w. 1.3 cm., d. 1.0 cm. (2 7/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection
Object Number
1997-169
Place Excavated
North America, United States, Alaska, Provenance unknown
Culture
Materials
- Evan Maurer, The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art (Chicago: The Chicago Institute of Art, 1977)., cat. no 521, pl. 33
- Allen Wardwell, Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait (New York: Published by Hudson Hills Press in association with the American Federation of Arts, 1986)., cat. no. 131