Lot 64
Unidentified Central or Eastern Arctic Maker
Lot 64 Details
Unidentified Central or Eastern Arctic Maker
ARCHAIC SNOW KNIFE, DORSET CULTURE
bone
label on underside of stand reads: "Bought from: A.K. (eewatin) Dendney son of: Selwyn Dewdney - from Cape Dorset N.W.T"; on wood and metal stand
subject 11.75 x 4.5 x .5 in — 29.8 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm
Estimate $200-$300
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Provenance:
Collection of Selwyn Hanington Dewdney, Ontario;
By descent to the Collection of Alexander Keewatin Dewdney, Ontario;
Collection of Steven Blevins & Sonja Morawetz, Ontario
Note:
Collected by Selwyn Hanington Dewdney, author of the 1975 text The sacred scrolls of the southern Ojibway. Dewdney was also an early supporter of artist Norval Morrisseau, and editor of Morrisseau's book Legends of My People.
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