Harpoon Socket Piece
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
300 – 500 CE
marine mammal ivory
height: 5"
Inventory # E4120-44
Sold
Provenance
Reportedly collected at the old village site at Gambell, AK
Peggy Au Schatz, Detroit, MI
Christie’s New York, NY, December 4, 1996, lot 200
Bill and Carol Wolf, NJ
Exhibited
On long-term loan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; 1984–1995
Related Examples
The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, cat. nos. 121Dp-IV, 126Dp-IV, 144Dp-IV, 117Dp-IV, 328Dp-IV, and 402Dp-IV – See: Leskov, A.M. and Muller-Beck, H. Arktische Waljager vor 3000 Jahren: Unbekannte Sibirische Kunst. Munich: v. Hase & Koehler Verlag, 1993, pg. 109, pls. 58 and 59, pg. 111, pls. 62 and 64, and pg. 112, pls. 65 and 68
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, cat. no. 1983.8 See: Wardwell, Allen. Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986, pg. 71, pl.73