Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0062

Category: Handle

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Walrus ivory and Russian trade beads

Description: Handle, probably for a bag of some type, nicely carved with four whale effigies inset with blue trade beads.

Dimensions: Length 7.25 inches; Width 1.50 inches

Provenance:

Paul Gray, Old Chatham, N.Y.

Exhibitions:

Lure of the Arctic, Cincinnati Art Museum, October 2007 - January 2008

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