Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 53
λFour Inuit harpoon heads Including Old Bering Sea culture
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £400
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Description
λFour Inuit harpoon heads
Including Old Bering Sea culture, circa 400 - 800 AD, with linear and raised oval decoration, 10.9cm long,
Punuk Period, circa 500 - 1000 AD, with linear decoration, 9.3cm long,
Two Early Thule Period, circa 1000 - 1500 AD, one with barbs, 12.7cm long and the other plain, 9.2cm long. (4)
Provenance
Paul Steinhacker, New York, collected on St Lawrence Island in the 1970's.
A private collection, Canada.