African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021

Lot 68

‡An Inuit scraper

Estimate £300 - £500

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Description

‡An Inuit scraper

Alaska

walrus ivory, incised a whale outline with a carved tail handle, and a serrated end,

11.3cm long,

an Inuit marine ivory comb, with a hand written label inscribed GRASS COMB PT. HOPE, 10.7cm long, and two Inuit marine ivory mounts, the larger with incised circle and linear decoration, 10cm and 6.5cm long. (4)

Provenance

Seward Kennedy, London.

Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 1 March 2017, lot 250.

Oliver Hoare, London.