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Date100-300
MediumIvory
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (16.5 × 6.4 × 3.2 cm)
Object numberT0589
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis simplified carving is of a human torso. The arms are simply suggested and held at the sides melting into the body’s trunk. As is usual for these types of figures the head is missing.
ProvenanceLarry Frank, Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.421.

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. 468.
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Okvik Figure
Okvik - Old Bering Sea Culture I (Siberian Yup'ik)
200 BC-100 AD
Goggles
Old Bering Sea Culture (Siberian Yup'ik)
c. A.D. 100-500
Polar Bear Figure
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Plug
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Carving
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Carvings
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
200 BC-100 AD
Harpoon Socket
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Harpoon Counterweight
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
c. A.D. 100-300
Pendant
Punuk (Siberian Yup'ik)
500-1200
Hat
Central Yup'ik or Bering Sea Eskimo
1840-1850
Toggle
Central Yup'ik
c. 1850
Harpoon Counterweight
Punuk (Siberian Yup'ik)
800-1000

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