Lot 49
Eleven Implements, Inupiat, Sitaisaq (Brevig Mission), and Qikiqtaq (Shishmaref), Pre-1900
Lot 49 Details
Eleven Implements, Inupiat, Sitaisaq (Brevig Mission), and Qikiqtaq (Shishmaref), Pre-1900
one ivory needle case, toggle, finger rest, needle, two thimble gaurds, and five additional implements
largest 1 x 2.25 x .25 in — 2.5 x 5.7 x 0.6 cm
Estimate $150-$250
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Provenance:
Various sources including Floyd Olanna, Alene Weyiouanna, and Leonard S Adams, Shishmaref and Brevig Mission, AK; Native Hospital Gift Shop, Anchorage, AK;
Acquired by the consignor from the above
Note:
Related Works:
Fitzhugh, William W. and Susan A. Kaplan, Inua, (Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1982), 247, pl. 302.
Fitzhugh, William W. and Susan A. Kaplan, Inua, (Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1982), 135, pl. 150.
Paul and Mary Thiry, Eskimo Artifacts Designed for Use, (Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1977), 290-291.
National Museum of the American Indian, catalog no. 13/289. Click here to read more
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