The Art of Pingasugruk
A
historic-era set of incised ivory mittens (each about 3.5 cm long) and ivory
tube that, bound together with a heavy thong loop, formed the toggle handle
(with mittens pinned back to back) and thong-guide to a drag handle for
hauling harpooned seals homeward across the sea ice. The tube’s
dot-and-circle motif is typical of nineteenth-century incising.
by Gregory A. Reinhardt
