Eskimo Toggle

Galerie Meyer-Oceanic Art

Epoque Late Punuk to early Thulé 800 – 1500 AD

Origine Alaska

Medium Mineralized walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens).

Dimension 6 cm (2³/₈ inches)

E 290) A very unusual handle or toggle carved as a slit oval terminating with a very fine and expressive human head. The unknown use of this object does not detract from the intrinsic beauty of and physical logic of the item. Bering Strait (?).

Epoque: Late Punuk to early Thulé 800 – 1500 AD

Origine: Alaska

Medium: Mineralized walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens).

Dimension: 6 cm (2³/₈ inches)

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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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