Stylized whale ornament

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Stylized whale ornament

Marine mammal ivory (sperm whale?)
Dimension: Length 4.4cm
Historical period
Presumed period: 1700 – 1900
Inuit population
Ammassalik District
Greenland

Source :
Michel Van den Dries Collection, Gavere, Belgium

More details

This piece is typical of what the Danes found when they landed at Ammassalik, in southeast Greenland, in 1884. It could adorn a box, a bucket or a harpoon piece, and was attached by two small studs.

Similar examples can be found at the Nationalmuseet in Copenhagen.

Price: €1,400

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