About the Artwork
Walrus with Ivory Tusks
ca. 1950
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Native american
Inuit
Stone and ivory
Overall: 2 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 6 inches (5.7 × 10.8 × 15.2 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf
59.220
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Provenance
Cranbrook Institute of Science (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
between 1953-1958, purchased by Charles William Creaser [ca. 1898-1965] and Hulda Ward Creaser [died ca. 1970] (Detroit, Michigan, USA) or Jessie Metcalf (active Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1959-present, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Jessie Metcalf to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Peck, William. "Eskimo Art." Bulletin of the DIA 41, no. 1 (1961): 12-13.
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Inuit, Native American, Walrus with Ivory Tusks, ca. 1950, stone and ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Creaser and Miss Jessie Metcalf, 59.220.
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