African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 57
‡A Punuk thimble holder and needle case pull
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £150
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Description
‡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.