African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021

Lot 71

‡An Inuit drum handle

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1000

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Description

‡An Inuit drum handle

Alaska

walrus ivory, carved with a human head terminal and with grooves for three fingers of the left hand, with later overpainted baleen inlay, 19th century,

10cm long.

Provenance

Oliver Hoare, London.