Fossil Bone with Incised Design
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Old Bering Sea. Fossil Bone with Incised Design, 100–500 C.E.. Walrus ivory, 9 1/4 x 3/4 in. (23.5 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection, 64.249. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 64.249_acetate_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Culture
Title
Fossil Bone with Incised Design
Date
100–500 C.E.
Period
II or III Period
Geography
Place made: Bering Sea, probably St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, United States
Medium
Walrus ivory
Classification
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 3/4 in. (23.5 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection
Accession Number
64.249
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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