Historic First Nations Art from the Collection of Steven Blevins & Sonja Morawetz

December 0207, 2023
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LOT 64

Lot 64

Unidentified Central or Eastern Arctic Maker

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

Realised: $984
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Unidentified Central or Eastern Arctic Maker
  • Unidentified Central or Eastern Arctic Maker
  • Unidentified Central or Eastern Arctic Maker
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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Related Works:

Canadian Museum of History, Cat. No. CMH QiLd-1:185

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