Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th February 2019
Lot 1055
λ An Inuit needle case Bering Strait
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1800
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Description
λ An Inuit needle case
Bering Strait, Alaska
walrus ivory, with four carved seated figures, three looking forward and one with his head turned to his left and with a seated polar bear at the back, with inset baleen eyes, hollowed through the centre, early 20th century,
11.7cm long.
cf. Smithsonian Institution, Accession Number 80A00050, for a needle case with four seated figures collected by Edward W. Nelson, from King Island, Bering Strait, Alaska, November 1880.