ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND
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AN OLD BERING SEA IVORY SOCKET PIECE AND AN OKVIK IVORY ATL ATL
ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND
The socket piece of tapering cylindrical form, drilled at one end, the entire surface engraved with curved converging lines and raised bosses with nucleated circles in the form of two stylized faces, dark brown patina; the atl atl with a long shaft with an arch, upturned end, a groove down the center, finely incised with a pointed geometric pattern along the arch, dark brown patina
The socket: 8¼in. (21cm.); the second: 7½in. (19.1cm.) long (2)
ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND
The socket piece of tapering cylindrical form, drilled at one end, the entire surface engraved with curved converging lines and raised bosses with nucleated circles in the form of two stylized faces, dark brown patina; the atl atl with a long shaft with an arch, upturned end, a groove down the center, finely incised with a pointed geometric pattern along the arch, dark brown patina
The socket: 8¼in. (21cm.); the second: 7½in. (19.1cm.) long (2)