Anthropomorphic comb ·  Alaska, St. Lawrence Island, Punuk Culture · ID: 3035506

Description

walrus ivory, eight teeth, flat hilt plate with incised lines, slightly dam., missing parts (head, tips of the teeth), socle;
aside of combs designed for grooming human hair like the present one, there were smaller ones with shorter teeth.They were used for cleaning and defrosting fur garments and bedding, and splitting strips of baleen and grass for weaving.
The Punuk Culture (600-1200 AD) is the name given to the whaling society along the old Bering Sea of Alaska. The St. Lawrence Island is located west of mainland Alaska in the Bering Sea.

L’objet Anthropomorphic comb avec l’ID d’objet 3035506 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 74th tribal art auction dans 7 septembre 2013. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 38 a atteint un prix de vente de 400 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 300 €.

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Littérature comparée

Fitzhugh, William W., Gifts from the ancestors, London 2009, p. 153 Bandi, Hans-Georg, Die Kunst der Eskimo auf der St.-Lorenz-Insel in Alaska, Bern, Stuttgart 1977, p. 44