African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 80
‡Two Inuit scrimshaw charms
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
‡Two Inuit scrimshaw charms
Alaska
walrus ivory, the larger with three attachment holes and decorated a figure in a kayak, a fish, a seal, a goose and a whale tail, the back with two kayaks, 17.7cm long, the other with umiaks with sails, whales and a figure dragging a seal, the back with figures in an umiak and a seal, 15.1cm long. (2)
Provenance
Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 20th Sept 2016, lot 73.
Oliver Hoare, London.