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Maker(s):Anonymous
Culture:Native American; Inuit
Title:Wrist Guard
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Personal Equipment
Materials:ivory (walrus)
Place Made:United States; Alaska; Inuit Nunangat (Northern Canada--Nunavut, northern Ontario, Newfoundland, Labrador, Northwest Territories); Northern Alaska; Little Diomede Island
Measurements:3 1/2 x 1/14 in.; 8.89 x .1814 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1960.147
Credit Line:Gift of Charlotte Heussy McAllister, class of 1930
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This incised ivory wrist guard, carved from a walrus tusk, protected the inner forearm from injury or strain related to archery. The piece features a repeating zigzag pattern, and was used to relieve the stress of pulling and releasing a bowstring against one's arm while hunting. Leather ties would have attached the wrist guard to a man's arm. AP2018

Tags:
wrist guard; archery

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