A Fine Inuit bow drill with Scrimming
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A Fine Inuit bow drill with Scrimming, Inuit; Alaska
The bow with a stylized bear at one end carved fully raised from the surface, the bow arcing gently with scrimmed designs of animals and hunters on the front and top as well as a whaling hunt to the reverse. Fine old deep creamy patina. L. 10"
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Property of a New England Private collector
Provenance:
Purchased decades ago from a New England estate with ties to the whaling trade in the 19th Century.
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
The bow with a stylized bear at one end carved fully raised from the surface, the bow arcing gently with scrimmed designs of animals and hunters on the front and top as well as a whaling hunt to the reverse. Fine old deep creamy patina. L. 10"
Comments:
Property of a New England Private collector
Provenance:
Purchased decades ago from a New England estate with ties to the whaling trade in the 19th Century.
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
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A Fine Inuit bow drill with Scrimming
Estimate $1,400 - $1,800
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