About the Artwork
Engraved Cylinder
ca. 300 BCE
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Native American
Okvik
Walrus ivory stained black by mineral (graphite) seepage
Overall: 3 5/8 × 3/4 × 1/2 inches (9.2 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Ron Nasser
1983.47
Public Domain
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Provenance
1983, excavated by Eskimos at Kukulik site (Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA);1983, purchased by (Ron Nasser, HRN Primitives, New York, New York, USA);
1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Okvik, Native American, Engraved Cylinder, ca. 300 BCE, walrus ivory stained black by mineral (graphite) seepage. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ron Nasser, 1983.47.
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