λAn Inuit needle case Alaska marine ivory

λAn Inuit needle case

Alaska

marine ivory, leather and sinew, the case with incised linear decoration, the back with inventory number 42.430, with bodkins and a thimble having eight incised dots,

17cm long.

Provenance

Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, inventory number 42.430.

Cowan's Auction Inc, Cincinnati, American Indian and Western Art, March 31, 2007, lot 13.

A private collection, Canada.