Figure Item Number: 80.98.1 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Figure standing with arms pressed into sides. Face is carved with deep set eyes with holes for pupils, a flat nose, and a protruding mouth. Fingers are indicated by incised outlines on a flat surface. Back is carved from buttocks to shoulders as a concave triangle. Surface is smooth in some areas and pitted in others. Ivory reveals yellow aging overall with dark brown patches. Was mounted through a hole in one foot.
Credit Line
Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1899
What
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Sculpture