Anthropomorphic figurine

Reference : 103

Anthropomorphic figurine

Marine mammal ivory (walrus, Odobenus rosmarus)
Dimension: Height 9cm
Punuk civilization
Presumed date of manufacture: 500 – 1200 A.D. JC
None city region
Western Alaska, USA

Source :
Jeffrey Myers, New York
Edith & Roland Flak, Paris
Jean Claude Mocellin Collection, Nice
(Acquired from predecessors in 2006)

More details

This female statuette, in ivory with an excavated patina, with barely sketched facial features, arms meeting behind the back and a prominent belly, represents an evocation of fertility.

The entire upper part of the bust features extensive scratches resembling scarification marks.

Price: €11,500

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