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WALRUS BACULUM - ESKIMO CARVED
WALRUS BACULUM - ESKIMO CARVED
WALRUS BACULUM - ESKIMO CARVED
WALRUS BACULUM - ESKIMO CARVED
WALRUS BACULUM - ESKIMO CARVED

WALRUS BACULUM - ESKIMO CARVED

$ 396

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Tribal Affiliation: Unknown
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Artisan: YES
  • Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A SMALL SHRINKAGE LINE ON RIGHT CHEEK

    Description

    A VINTAGE WALRUS BACULUM OR OOSIK HANDCARVED WITH A WALRUS HEAD AT ONE END AND A LARGE ROUNDED END CAP AT THE OTHER. THE BACULUM ITSELF IS HANDPOLISH TO A GLOSSY FINISH.
    I'VE OWNED THIS FOR YEARS BUT DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS ESKIMO, INUIT OR ONE OF THE OTHER NATIVE TRIBES. AGE IS JUST AN ESTIMATE OF BEING FROM THE 1950'S. NO SIGNATURE.
    IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SAVE A SMALL AGE LINE ON THE RIGHT CHEEK OF THE WALRUS HEAD AS SHOWN IN PHOTO # 4.
    14.5" LONG AND HEAD IS 3" IN HEIGHT.