‡An Inuit pipe

‡An Inuit pipe

Kotzebue Sound, Alaska

walrus ivory, relief carved a hunter with a rifle in each hand, stalking two caribou, the sides and underside facets engraved sea and land hunting scenes, with caribou, seals, whales, figures in umiaks, figures tied to birds in flight, a settlement with drying racks and a three masted ship, the bowl missing and with a wood bung to the end, late 19th / early 20th century,

29.2cm long.

Provenance

Oliver Hoare, London.