Prehistoric anthropomorphic torso · Alaska, St. Lawrence Island, Okvik · ID: 3039734
sold
EUR 1,800
Size
H: 9 cm
H: 3.5 inch
Description
fossilized bone, dark brown patina, arms close to the body, incised v-shaped scarification marks on the breast, base;
Okvik sculpture (200 BC - 100 AD) is highly stylized. Figures are commonly reduced to an elongated head on a block-like body, most often with little or no indication of limbs.
The object Prehistoric anthropomorphic torso with the object ID 3039734 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 138 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Donald Ellis, Art of the Arctic: Reflections of the Unseen, Toronto 2015, p. 30