Figurine, between 1500 and 1800

  • Eskimo, Native American

Walrus ivory

  • Overall: 1 1/8 × 3/8 × 1/4 inches (2.9 × 1 × 0.6 cm) Including base: 2 5/8 × 3/4 × 3/4 inches (6.7 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stroh and the Stroh Brewery Foundation Fund

82.34

On View

  • Native American, Level 1, South

Department

Indigenous Americas

Blodgett Collection. (Marty Ellman, Montgomery, New York, USA)

1982-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Eskimo, Native American, Figurine, between 1500 and 1800, walrus ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stroh and the Stroh Brewery Foundation Fund, 82.34.