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ProvenanceGologergen, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska; Toby Herbst, Santa Fe, 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. 467.
Carvings
Date200 BC-100 AD
MediumIvory
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 7/8 × 4 1/4 in. (3.8 × 2.2 × 10.8 cm)
Object numberT0613a-b
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThese charming and playful ivory amulets or charms may have been part of a hunter’s tool kit. Their function may have been both to protect the hunter and honor the prey—the life giving seal—that family used for food as well as for clothing. Every part of the animal was used, and it was important to show respect for the animal.ProvenanceGologergen, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska; Toby Herbst, Santa Fe, 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. 467.
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