Sculpture of a polar bear ·  Alaska, Thule, Cape Wales · ID: 3036074

Description

walrus ivory, slightly encrusted matt patina, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the “Thule” or “proto-Inuit” were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by AD 1000 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 Sculpture of a polar bear with the object ID 3036074 was part of the auction 75th tribal art auction on November 30, 2013. The object with the lot number 54 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.

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