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Date500-1200
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (3.5 × 10.8 cm)
Object numberT0592
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis pendant is a striking example of ivory flat relief carving. It has an elliptical shape similar to the ivory snow goggles on the right. The eyes are set low and the nose/mouth is emphasized in a geometric way creating a pinched expression. The mouth is indicated by a small hole.
ProvenanceJeffrey Myers, New York City (field collected at Kialegak site, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska)
BibliographyWardwell, Allen. "Prehistoric Eskimo Ivories. New York: Daedalus Ancient Art. 1992, p. 104-105, fig. 13.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.422.

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. 472.
On View
Not on view
Harpoon Counterweight
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
c. A.D. 100-300
Goggles
Old Bering Sea Culture (Siberian Yup'ik)
c. A.D. 100-500
Harpoon Socket
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Okvik Figure
Okvik - Old Bering Sea Culture I (Siberian Yup'ik)
200 BC-100 AD
Sarah Manning Sage
Unidentified Artist
1909
Polar Bear Figure
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Plug
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Dagger Hilt
Haida
1800-1840
Harpoon Counterweight
Punuk (Siberian Yup'ik)
800-1000
Wrist Guard
Punuk (Siberian Yup'ik)
c. 800-1200
Pendant
Tlingit
c. 1850

5798 STATE HIGHWAY 80
COOPERSTOWN NY, 13326
607-547-1400

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