‡A Punuk thimble holder and needle case pull

‡A Punuk thimble holder and needle case pull

Alaska, 19th century or earlier

walrus ivory with incised linear and circle decoration,

6.5cm long,

an Inuit marine ivory mount, incised with two pairs of eyes, with cross hatching and attachment piercings to the base edge, Old Bering Sea, circa 300 - 500AD, 3.1cm high and an Inuit marine ivory labret, 17th century, 3.4cm long. (3)

Provenance

Thimble holder - Excavated at Gambell, St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Mount - Excavated on St Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Labret - Excavated at Brevig Mission, Alaska.

John and Valerie Arieta, London, 1993.

Dr Alan Black Collection.