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.
Comparing literature
Donald Ellis, Art of the Arctic: Reflections of the Unseen, Toronto 2015, p. 30