Standing figure
Life Story
This figure is stylistically related, though weathered. It has a groove around the face, suggesting it was originally clothed as dolls with a parka hood tied round the head. There is a small double chignon at the back of the head, similar to object 591A, and the legs have been broken and repaired.
Steven Hooper, 1997
Entry taken from Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, Vol. 2: Pacific, African and Native North American Art, edited by Steven Hooper (Yale University Press, 1997) p. 238.
Provenance
Purchased by the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia from James Economos, New York in 1974 out of funds provided by Robert and Lisa Sainsbury.
On display
Title/Description: Standing figure
Object Type: Figure
Materials: Walrus ivory
Measurements: h. 114 x w. 230 x d. 18 mm
Accession Number: 591b
Historic Period: 18th century or earlier
Production Place: Alaska, North America, The Americas
Credit Line: Purchased with support from Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, 1974
