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A PAIR OF WALRUS IVORY EAR ORNAMENTS

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A PAIR OF WALRUS IVORY EAR ORNAMENTS
YUKON/KUSKOKWIM DELTA

Both beads with upturned mouths, broad nose, incised brows, the eyes inlaid with red beads, noses pierced with turquoise heads, 4 1/8in (10.5cm.) high (2)

Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh
A Hamburg Collection, (x73h, x73c)

Specialist note

Nelson (1899, p. XXIV, no. 10) illustrates a similar pair from NULUKHTULOGUMUT, 1877-81.