Trois peignes miniatures, ~ 1200 - 1600 apr. J.-C

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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

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Littérature comparée

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

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