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Handle with two polar bear heads,
A.D. 800–1200

Punuk

1997-183

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Title

Handle with two polar bear heads

Dates

A.D. 800–1200

Medium

Walrus ivory

Dimensions

h. 2.2 cm., l. 7.9 cm., d. 2.6 cm. (7/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 in.)

Credit Line

The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection

Object Number

1997-183

Place Excavated

North America, United States, Alaska, Provenance unknown

Marks/Labels/Seals

On bag: P183

Culture

Punuk

Type

handles: tool components, ivories

Materials

ivory

Subject

bears, heads

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., pp. 172–173 (illus.)

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Punuk, A.D. 800–1200, Alaska, Provenance unknown, United States, Arctic, Handle with two polar bear heads. Walrus ivory; 2.2 x 7.9 x 2.6 cm. The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection (1997-183) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/38179

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