Fragment of a zoomorphic sculpture · Alaska, Bering sea · ID: 3037868
sold
EUR 1,000
Size
L: 11 cm
L: 4.3 inch
Description
walrus ivory, honey brown patina, with engraved concentrical circles and lines, base;
possibly once representing an animal head (compare Leskov, 1993, cat. 333)
Comparing literature
Leskov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich & Hans-Jürgen Müller-Beck (Hg.), Arktische Waljäger vor 3000 Jahren, Mainz, München 1993