About the Artwork
Bear
late 19th century
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Native american
Eskimo
Walrus ivory with inlaid glass beads
Overall: 1 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 1 inches (3.5 × 8.9 × 2.5 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase, Mary Martin Semmes Fund
1984.1
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Provenance
(Paul Steinhacker, New York, New York, USA)
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, p. 251 (as "Northeastern Alaska.")
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Eskimo, Native American, Bear, late 19th century, walrus ivory with inlaid glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, 1984.1.
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