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Eskimo Toggle
Eskimo Toggle
Period Late Punuk to early Thulé 800 – 1500 AD
Origin 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 (?).
Period: Late Punuk to early Thulé 800 – 1500 AD
Origin: Alaska
Medium: Mineralized walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens).
Dimension: 6 cm (2³/₈ inches)
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