Walrus Tusk

Walrus Tusk, early 20th century

  • Eskimo, Native American

Ivory

  • Overall: 10 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 7/8 inches (27.3 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm)

Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass

44.250

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

collected by J. Malcolm Greany, U.S. Dept. of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Commission (Juneau, Alaska, USA). Lillian Henkel Haass [1879-1960] (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts(Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Eskimo, Native American, Walrus Tusk, early 20th century, ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass, 44.250.

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