Harpoon Toggle, c. 300

  • Okvik, Native American

Walrus ivory stained black by mineral (graphite) seepage, engraved surfaces

  • 4 7/8 x 5/8 in. 12.4 x 1.6 cm

Gift of Ron Nasser

1983.46

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

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, given to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Okvik, Native American, Harpoon Toggle, c. 300, Walrus ivory stained black by mineral (graphite) seepage, engraved surfaces. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ron Nasser, 1983.46.