Figurine

Name/Title

Figurine

Description

Carved ivory figurine; it is a full-length anthropomorph, armless figure with split legs. Eyes, nose, mouth, feet, backbone, and buttocks indicated. Hole in top of head. Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "140 - Image carved from walrus ivory. Given by Dr. Cone" (Cohn?) Similar carving pictured in figure 34 of Artists of the Tundra and the Sea, by D.J. Ray "...from Cape Prince of Wales, collected in 1905"

Dimensions

Height

9.2 cm

Width

2.3 cm

Depth

1.7 cm

Material

Walrus Tusk, Ivory