An ancient Eskimo male torsoAn ancient Eskimo male torsoOld Bering Sea II or III, c. 100-500 A.D., carved in a naturalistic manner, the figure standing with slightly bent knees, the thin arms resting across the abdomen.length 7 3/4inProvenanceAlaska on Madison Gallery, New York, NY;Daniel and Martha Albrecht collection, acquired from the aboveSee Wardwell, Allen, Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait, 1986, Hudson Hills Press, New York, p. 65, figs. 58 & 59, and p. 66, fig. 61, showing similarly executed examples. As with the present lot, the three examples discussed in Wardwell are sculpted with relatively lifelike features and lack the finely incised motifs associated with earlier Okvik examples.