Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024
Lot 86
λTwo Sami knives with scabbards
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £403
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Description
λTwo Sami knives with scabbards
Lapland
antler, steel and leather, with incised decoration of a caribou pulling a sleigh and carved decoration to one side of the smaller scabbard and with a head terminal,
22.5cm and 26cm long,
an Inuit cribbage board, walrus tusk with an integral carved seal and applied carved seals, 38.5cm long, an Inuit walrus tusk cribbage board, 35.5cm long, an Inuit walrus ivory gaming piece / amulet, carved as a bird, 4cm long, and an Inuit charm, walrus ivory with pointed ends and with a carved wood seal, previously bound, 31.7cm long. (8)
Provenance
Romy Rey Collection, London.