1st Mar, 2023 11:00

The Lifetime Collection of a British Journalist, Collector and presumed Diplomat (Part One)

 
  Lot 410
 

A COLLECTION OF ALASKAN INUIT MARINE IVORY CARVINGS

A COLLECTION OF ALASKAN INUIT WALRUS IVORY CARVINGS, comprising five 20th century animal figures/tupilak, including a hunting whale with Inuit face and harpoon, signed 'Pullock, Nome, Alaska' to the base, together with a large pollock with seal protruding from its body, and three other smaller figures, all having scrimshawed features. (5)

Smallest 8.7cm - largest 24.7cm long.

Provenance: All were acquired in the 1960's by the current owner, from Inuit artists, in the Alaskan coastal region near the Bering Sea.


 

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