African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 560
λ An Inuit model standing polar bear
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
λ An Inuit model standing polar bear
Old Bering Sea II, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, circa 100 - 300 AD
walrus ivory,
15.5cm long.
Provenance
Private English Collection.
cf. Allen Wardell, Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait, 1986, figs. 69 - 71 and 75.