Artist Okvik, Native American
Title
  • Harpoon Toggle
Date c. 300
Medium Walrus ivory stained black by mineral (graphite) seepage, engraved surfaces
Dimensions 4 7/8 x 5/8 in.
12.4 x 1.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Ron Nasser
Accession Number 1983.46
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
1983, excavated by Eskimos at Kukulik site (Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA);
1983, purchased by (Ron Nasser, HRN Primitives, New York, New York, USA);
1983-present, given to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)