Lot 35
Three Harpoon Heads, Including One Punuk, Bering Sea Region, ca. 500-1000 CE
Lot 35 Details
Three Harpoon Heads, Including One Punuk, Bering Sea Region, ca. 500-1000 CE
two unembellished ivory heads, and one bearing incised designs, individually inscribed with collector's inventory numbers
largest 1.25 x 4 x .5 in — 3.2 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm
Estimate $150-$250
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Provenance:
Antiques and Things, Soldotna, AK;
Acquired by the consignor from the above
Note:
Related Works:
Paul and Mary Thiry, Eskimo Artifacts Designed for Use, (Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1977), 235.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. no. 1979.206.614. Click here to read more
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