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ProvenanceJeffrey Myers, New York City (field collected Kialegak site, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska); Judith Nash, New York City
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.423.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 467.
Okvik Figure
Date200 BC-100 AD
MediumWalrus ivory
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 in. (14.6 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm)
Object numberT0586
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe artist here focuses attention on the head and facial details; the body is rendered without much elaboration. This figure, with its elongated oval face, delicately carved eyebrows, long nose, and small mouth, and great simplicity of form and purity in engraving style is a superb example of early Old Bering Sea I sculptural development.ProvenanceJeffrey Myers, New York City (field collected Kialegak site, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska); Judith Nash, New York City
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.423.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 467.
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