Inuit Obs Seal Head
#158009
An Inuit walrus ivory hide creaser, converted from an earlier harpoon head in antiquity. Okvik/Old Bering Sea. On one end is artwork depicting a seal's head and the middle section appears to depict a duck's bill. The overall piece can be read as a whale. St. Lawrence Island. 100 BC-300 AD. Rare.
Weight: 22 g
Length: 11 cm / 4 ΒΌ in
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