Lot Essay
This elegant and unusually large handle epitomizes the fully developed Old Bering Sea expression.
Details
A FINE OLD BERING ESKIMO WALRUS IVORY PAIL HANDLE
Circa 300-500 A.D.
Of rectangular slightly curved form open at the ends for attachments, the top incised with curvilinear and converging lines with raised bosses and nucleated ovals forming stylized faces at each end
10in. (25.4cm.) long
Circa 300-500 A.D.
Of rectangular slightly curved form open at the ends for attachments, the top incised with curvilinear and converging lines with raised bosses and nucleated ovals forming stylized faces at each end
10in. (25.4cm.) long
Provenance
On long term loan to the Detroit Institute of Arts from 1984 to 1995