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carved harpoon foreshaft with two running foxes carved in relief

1880-1920

Inupiaq people

54.176

Not currently on view

ivorycarving

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Artwork Details

Culture
Creation Date
1880-1920
Materials
walrus ivory
Object Types
sculptures, weapons, harpoons
Dimensions

9 x 1-3/4 x 7/8 in.

Accession Number
54.176
Credit Line

Gift of Wallace Seligman and Robert King

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

Native Arts of the Americas

Color Palette

Wallace Seligman and Robert King; given to the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1954.


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