Anthropomorphic figurine

Reference : 104

Anthropomorphic figurine

Marine mammal ivory (walrus, Odobenus rosmarus)
Dimension: Height 8cm
Punuk civilization
Presumed date of manufacture: 500 – 1200 A.D. JC
Bering Strait
Alaska, USA

Source :
Jean Claude Mocellin Collection, Nice
Purchased from the American trade in the 70/80s

More details

This beautiful statuette probably represents a wrestler.
The figure is shown naked, legs slightly apart, arms crossed under the chest.
This sculpture, with its beautiful dark ivory patina, suggests that it was excavated from the permafrost.

Price: $9,500

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