TORSO

This superbly carved torso is one of a small group of stylistically similar figures having thin arms, and hands.

Provenance

Francesco Pellizzi, New York, NY

Donald Ellis Gallery, Dundas, ON

Private collection, Connecticut

Exhibited

Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK, “Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait” July - September 1986

Lowie Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA, “Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait” October 1986 - January 1987

Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI, “Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait” January - March 1987

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, “Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait October 1987 - January 1988

Published

Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait, Wardwell, New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1986, pg. 66, pl. 61

Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, Toronto, 1998, pg. 10

Related Examples

Wardwell, Allen. Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait. New York: Hudson Hills, 1986, pg. 65, pls. 58 and 59