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Wrist Guard

Wrist Guard

Datec. 800-1200
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 1 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (2.5 × 4 × 12.1 cm)
Object numberT0749
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Exhibition History"Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of the Bering Strait," Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, September 29, 2009 - January 6, 2010.
ProvenancePaul Steinhacker, New York City
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. 473.

Fitzhugh, William, Julie Hollowell, and Aron Crowell, eds. Gifts from Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of the Bering Strait. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.
On View
On view
Harpoon Counterweight
Punuk (Siberian Yup'ik)
800-1000
Pendant
Punuk (Siberian Yup'ik)
500-1200
Goggles
Old Bering Sea Culture (Siberian Yup'ik)
c. A.D. 100-500
Carving
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Okvik Figure
Okvik - Old Bering Sea Culture I (Siberian Yup'ik)
200 BC-100 AD
Plug
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Figure
Old Bering Sea Culture (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Polar Bear Figure
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300
Carvings
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
200 BC-100 AD
Hair Ornaments
Inupiat or Siberian Yup'ik
c. 1900
Ulu
Siberian Yup'ik
1400-1700
Harpoon Socket
Old Bering Sea II (Siberian Yup'ik)
100-300

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