SKU: 201102-41

Alaskan Eskimo Engraved Bone Armor Slat Lot of 4

$1,200.00

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Early/Mid 20th Century 

6.75" L x 1" W + 3" L - Fossilized Ivory Harpoon Point + 4.75" L - Bone Awls x 2

Hand Carved and Engraved Bone which Includes a Rectangular Bone Armor Slat with Six Piercings for Attachment and Engraved with Four Detailed Hunting Scenes and Two Highly Decorated Bone Awls

In Very Good Condition

Ancient, very fine, Alaskan Eskimo Engraved Bone Armor Slat

Native American, Alaska, Inuit, Aleutian, or Punuk peoples, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 100 to 1000 CE. Armor panels were sewn onto a larger tunic to provide protection to a warrior. Armor panel are hand-carved from either walrus or whale bone and hassix drilled attachment holes, and the smooth shape enabled spears and other weapons to be effortlessly deflected

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Eskimo - Inuit - Yup'ik

Year Range: 1925 - 1950

Region: Pacific Northwest - and Alaska

Dimensions: 6.75 in1 in3 in4.75 in

Category: Other , Prehistoric to Historic Northwest Tools and Artifacts

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