Lot 0118

Inuit Whalebone w/ 11 Miniature Animals (Ivory & Stone)

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Inuit Whalebone w/ 11 Miniature Animals (Ivory & Stone)

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Description

Native American / First Nations, Northwest Coast United States, Alaska or Canada, Inupiaq / Inuit people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An assortment of carved animal figurines displayed atop a flattened piece of whale bone. The seal and large bird are made of soapstone, and the other rodent and bear animals are almost entirely carved from walrus tusk ivory except for the sitting rabbit which is bone. It is unclear if all carvings are original to this whale bone base and some may have been held in place with pegs or glued to the surface, however all carvings are loose and not attached, so they can be arranged as one desires. Size of whalebone: 12.75" L x 9.5" W x 2" H (32.4 cm x 24.1 cm x 5.1 cm); bird: 1" W x 2.5" H (2.5 cm x 6.4 cm)

This is an ESA antique exempt piece of walrus ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington

Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection

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#178777

Condition

Chips and losses to some of the limbs and heads on the soapstone bird and ivory animals. Natural ossification and pitting of whale bone. Bird has a etched name and "Arctic Bay" Remains of adhesive on the animal legs from attaching to the whale bone base.