Artist:Canadian Inuit
Medium: Ivory, iron, hide
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:19th century
Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 7 /8 x 13/16 in. or (8.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 86.224.168
Image: 86.224.168_view2_bw.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Drag handle of a looped leather cord which laces through the underside of a bear's head. Y-shaped, incised mouth; inlaid, circular nostrils, eyes inlaid with metal; lightly sculptured ears; two concentric incised lines around neck with three pairs of short perpindicular lines. The neck is notched on one side. CONDITION: Stained in stripe on bottom. Long crack on each side of proper right eye. Shorter cracks around proper left eye. Leather stiff and dry.