African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 63
‡An Inuit amulet / implement
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £950
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Description
‡An Inuit amulet / implement
Alaska
walrus ivory, modelled as a walrus head with a triangular piercing, possibly for arrow straightening, with linear, circle and dot decoration, the base ribbed and pierced for attachment,
4.5cm long,
and an Inuit walrus head amulet, walrus ivory, 2.5cm long. (2)
Provenance
Oliver Hoare, London.