August Online Auction (Sale #305)
Lot 355:
Description
Native American Carved Stone
(20) items including a mixed stone depiction of an Inuit hunting a polar bear signed in syllabic characters on underside of bear, (4) Inuit including a signed ‘T. Wounded Face’, an ‘R.T. Henry’ and a ‘Se-Gwoi-Don-Kwe’, a Mohawk carved face signed ‘Ona’Tago’, a soapstone depiction of a Mohawk iron worker, (2) unsigned mixed stone avian motif, a figural catlinite, a figural catlinite and gray pipestone, an engraved catlinite lidded jar, a catlinite fish on wood base, a Hopi female figurine, a Zuni seahorse, a Pueblo alabaster, a large and a small bison and a mountain goat pendant; together with (2) Canadian bone carvings
Property from: a Private Collector, Skokie, Illinois
Height: 10 inches, Width: 5 1/2 inches, Depth: 2 1/2 inches (tallest)
Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use, Inuit polar bear and hunter loose on base and the hunter’s raised hand having broken fingers that will not grip spear, Pueblo alabaster having lost an attachment to top of head
Category: Collectibles > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 2:57 pm CST
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Last modified: August 5, 2023, 1:47 pm
Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use, Inuit polar bear and hunter loose on base and the hunter’s raised hand having broken fingers that will not grip spear, Pueblo alabaster having lost an attachment to top of head
Dimensions: 10 x 5.5 x 2.5 in
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