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Figure

Figure, ca. 300

  • Okvik, Native American

Ivory

  • Overall: 2 7/8 × 3/4 × 9/16 inches (7.3 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm) Including base: 5 × 1 1/16 × 1 1/16 inches (12.7 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Insurance Recovery Fund

81.713

On View

  • Native American S130

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

(Marty Ellman, dealer, Montgomery, New York, USA)

1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Okvik, Native American, Figure, ca. 300, ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Insurance Recovery Fund, 81.713.

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