Figurative amulet ·  Alaska, Thule Culture · ID: 3043072

Description

bone, brown pigment, stylized form, pierced in the breast area, base.
The “Thule” or “proto-Inuit” were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by the year 1000 AD and expanded eastwards across Canada, reaching Greenland by the 13th century.The appellation “Thule” originates from the location of Thule in northwest Greenland, facing Canada, where the archaeological remains of the people were first found at Comer’s Midden. The links between the Thule and the Inuit are biological, cultural, and linguistic.

The object Figurative amulet with the object ID 3043072 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 51.

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