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PROBABLY INUIT, LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
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A native North American ceremonial bear club**
Probably Inuit, late 19th or early 20th centuries
carved from three pieces of bone and ivory, the head in the form of a bear's head, mouth open and residual polychroming to the mouth, lips, eyes and nose. Joined to the shaft at the neck and tail with baleen collars. Displayed on a teak stand with brass support arms.
20 in. (50.8 cm.) length.
Probably Inuit, late 19th or early 20th centuries
carved from three pieces of bone and ivory, the head in the form of a bear's head, mouth open and residual polychroming to the mouth, lips, eyes and nose. Joined to the shaft at the neck and tail with baleen collars. Displayed on a teak stand with brass support arms.
20 in. (50.8 cm.) length.
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