Three miniature combs, ~ 1200 - 1600 AD · Alaska, Thule Culture · ID: 3043089

Name: Three miniature combs, ~ 1200 - 1600 AD
SKU: 3043089
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

Alaska on Madison, New York, USA

Description

bone, yellowish and brown patina, two whale tail combs: a) with drilled hole, originally 14 teeth (two of them missing), h: 8 cm; b) 12 teeth, h: 6,5 cm; c) simple form, 15 teeth, h: 3,7 cm; each of the combs mounted on pedestal

Comparing literature

Ellis, Donald, Art of the Arctic, Ivories from the Bering Sea, London 2015, p. 75, Pl. 72

America

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