Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0112

Category: Line - Seal Hide

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Oogret seal with walrus ivory.

Description: Lengthy seal hunting line, cut in a spiral fashion from an oogret seal, coiled as it was when last used by an Eskimo hunter.

Dimensions: Diameter 14.0 inches

Provenance:

Ted Trotta and Anna Bona

Exhibitions:

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

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