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THB16th C. Pre-Contact Inuit Walrus Ivory, Bone Tools (8)
Lot 45
About Seller
Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jul 13, 2021
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2021-07-13 12:00:00
2021-07-13 12:00:00
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Bidsquare : Fauna, Flora, Stones & Bones
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Join us for a very special summer auction featuring fabulous fossils, rocks, and minerals, plus art depicting flora and fauna from antiquity to present day. This is one you won't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Join us for a very special summer auction featuring fabulous fossils, rocks, and minerals, plus art depicting flora and fauna from antiquity to present day. This is one you won't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Inuit, Pre-Contact period, ca. 16th to 18th century CE. A fascinating collection of hand-carved artefacts from walrus bone and ivory, including 4 labrets, 2 fetish figures, an archery guard, and fragmentary piece. The labrets are similar in form: a cylindrical plug and flared face. While labrets are often inserted directly under the lower lip, these smaller labrets may have been worn near the mouth corners. The 2 fetish figures include a duck's head and an abstract representation of a human from the waist up. The person's head has a pointed hood and a ridge to indicate snow googles above a smiling mouth. The largest piece is a slightly curved panel with two notches on both sides for securing to a wrist as a bow string protector. The final item is a fragment of ivory that has been sliced and polished along one side. All is displayed in a modern Riker case. Size of archery guard: 3" L x 1.5" W (7.6 cm x 3.8 cm); case: 8.125" L x 6.125" W (20.6 cm x 15.6 cm)
Display stand shown in photos is for photography purposes only.
This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. We guarantee that the piece is over 100 years old.
Provenance: private Littleton, Colorado, USA collection, between 1959 to 1962
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
#165926Two are fragments of larger pieces. Nicks and chips to all as expected with age and use. Loss to piercing on archery guard. Natural ossification and pitting to bone. Smooth patina and nice signs of age. Displayed in modern Riker case.Condition
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