Tattooed Female Figure

Galerie Meyer-Oceanic Art

Date 1200 – 1600 AD.

Origine Alaska

Medium Mineralized walrus tusk

Dimension 8 cm (3¹/₈ inches)

An Eskimo female figure who appears to be wearing a mask. The finely modeled face shows the typical linear tattoos on the chin. Early Thule Culture, Alaska. Mineralized walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). 

Date: 1200 – 1600 AD.

Origine: Alaska

Medium: Mineralized walrus tusk

Dimension: 8 cm (3¹/₈ inches)

Provenance: Ex coll. : Michel Koenig, Bruxelles

Literature: Published : SURRÉALISME & ARTS PRIMITIFS Une révolution du regard. Fondation Pierre Arnaud, Lens (CH), 19/06/2014 – 5/10/2014

Exhibition: Exhibited : SURRÉALISME & ARTS PRIMITIFS Une révolution du regard. Fondation Pierre Arnaud, Lens (CH), 19/06/2014 – 5/10/2014

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Galerie Meyer-Oceanic Art

Tribal Art dealer specializing in early Oceanic Art since 1980 and archaic Eskimo Art since 2010

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