Chain with Two Bear Heads

Inuit, 1867-1899

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Inuit

Inuit, 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Walrus ivory, 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.)

Credit Line John Erikson Collection

Object Number 1955.167.53d

Two animal heads, etched faces, with link at each end and two chain links between them.

Purchased by John Erikson in Alaska ca. 1900

Inscribed: none visible; objects secured in exhibition case.

Inuit

2000–2000

Feillet, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, and others

Studies of Heads for the Two Adult Figures in "The Unhappy Family'

1819–1829

Inuit

Model whale hunting boat (Umiak)

1800–1932

Jozan, Feillet, and others

Studies of Heads for the Two Adult Figures in "The Unhappy Family'

1819–1829

Charles Émile Jacque and Dopter

Three hooves and two cow heads

1832–1893

Matsumi Kanemitsu

Two Figures and a Chain-link Fence

1951

Wenceslaus Hollar and Hans Holbein The Younger

Half-Length of Bearded Man with Heavy Chain

1646

Georg Friedrich Schmidt and Govaert Flinck

Old Man with Beard, Wearing a Flat Cap and Chain

1771