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A gaming piece carved from marine mammal ivory in the form of a mountain sheep | Donald Ellis Gallery

Gaming Piece (Mountain Sheep)

late Thule
Western Alaska

1200 - 1700 CE

marine mammal ivory

width: 1 ½"

Inventory # E4228-2

Sold


PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Paris, France

RELATED EXAMPLES

Norman Hurst, Arctic Ivory: Two Thousand Years of Alaskan Eskimo Art and Artifacts, Cambridge: Hurst Gallery, 1998, pg. 28, nos. 56-68.