Female head with tattoos
Female head with tattoos
Female head with tattoos
Female head with tattoos
Female head with tattoos
Female head with tattoos

Currently not on view

Female head with tattoos,

ca. 800–1200

Punuk
2012-104

Information

Title
Female head with tattoos
Dates

ca. 800–1200

Medium
Walrus ivory
Dimensions
h. 8 cm., w. 5 cm., d. 5 cm. (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephanie H. Bernheim
Object Number
2012-104
Place Made

North America, United States, Alaska, St. Lawrence Island

Culture
Punuk
Type
ivories
Materials
ivory
Techniques
incising
Subject
tattoos, women, figures (representations), faces

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