Fossil Bone with Incised Design Item Number: 64.249 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This is a cylinder shaped piece of ivory incised with abstract cirles, loops and lines that might represent faces.This is definately walrus ivory, not bone.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection
Item History
- Made between 100 and 500
What
- Name
- Fossil Bone with Incised Design
- Identification Number
- 64.249
- Type of Item
- fossil bone, incised and design
- Material
- walrus ivory
- Overall
- length 9.25 in, width 0.75 in
Who
- Culture
- Old Bering Sea
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 100 and 500
Other
- Classification
- Sculpture