**Originally Listed At $300**

Native American / First Nations, Northwest Coast United States, Alaska or Canada, Inupiaq/Inuit people, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. Hand-carved walrus ivory birds perched on a stone cliff, the rock face carved into nesting niches. The flat verso is carved with a simple face, perhaps the artist had a different plan for this stone before adding the birds. Cliffside bird colonies were an important seasonal food source for Indigenous arctic peoples, nearly everyone who was able to would climb to collect eggs and nesting birds, and large nets were used to harvest incoming birds. Size: 3" L x 2" W x 2.5" H (7.6 cm x 5.1 cm x 6.4 cm)

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Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection

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#178779

Missing heads on a few birds. Visible adhesive in some areas for attaching the birds. Stone is intact and unsigned.