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human history
  • Description

    Ivory polar bear made from walrus tusk. Bear is standing on hind legs and mouth wide. Claws on front paws and eyes have been inset in ivory with a dark coloured stone or bone. Hind claws are just painted dots.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1960.130
  • Accession Date
    07 Jun 1960
  • Other Id

    36195 (ethnology)

  • Department
figure, 1960.130, 36195, Cultural Permissions Apply

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