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Side angle view of a lightly colored zoomorphic ivory carving with baleen eyes | Donald Ellis Gallery

Arrow shaft straightener

Inupiaq
Western Alaska

late 18th/early 19th century

marine mammal ivory, baleen

height: 6 ⅜"

Inventory # E4128

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Provenance

Private collection, New York, NY
Donald Ellis Gallery, New York, NY

Related Examples

Fitzhugh, William and Kaplan, Susan. Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo.  Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, pg. 56, pl. 26; pg. 107, pl. 102