African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 559
λ A Thule zoomorphic drum handle
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
λ A Thule zoomorphic drum handle
Alaska, circa 1200 - 1600 AD
walrus tusk, carved a stylised animal head and faint finger grips to a flanged end,
14.5cm long.
Provenance
Collected at an eroded mainland site in Alaska in the 1980/90s.
Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA.
Galerie Meyer, Paris, France.
Oliver Hoare, London, from the above 13/3/17, with a copy of the invoice.