| Accession # |
86.224.168 |
|
Culture |
Canadian Inuit
|
| Title |
Drag Handle shaped like a bear's head |
| Date |
19th century |
| Medium |
Ivory, iron, hide |
| Dimensions |
3 1/4 x 7 /8 x 13/16 in. or (8.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm) |
| Credit Line |
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc. |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 47, Drawer E
|
| Description |
Drag handle of a looped leather cord which laces through the underside of a bear's head. Y-shaped, incised mouth; inlaid, circular nostrils, eyes inlaid with metal; lightly sculptured ears; two concentric incised lines around neck with three pairs of short perpindicular lines. The neck is notched on one side. CONDITION: Stained in stripe on bottom. Long crack on each side of proper right eye. Shorter cracks around proper left eye. Leather stiff and dry. |
