African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 77
‡Three Inuit fishing sinkers
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £950
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Description
‡Three Inuit fishing sinkers
Alaska
walrus ivory, modelled as fish, one with inset eyes and with a three spike hook, with a crossed out collection number 1257/9, 13.8cm long, another with inset lead weights and with a sinew cord with a bead, 9.5cm long, the other with attachment holes to the sides, 11.5cm long, together with eight Inuit artefacts, mainly walrus ivory, including a labret, a seal amulet, two teeth amulets, two whale tail amulets, a counterweight, an antler amulet and a shark tooth amulet. (12)
Provenance
Seward Kennedy, London.
Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 1 March 2017, lot 252, part.
Oliver Hoare, London.