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LOT 2766
Native North American Okvik Carved Fossilized Walrus Ivory Head
ALASKA, ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND, CIRCA 200 B.C.-100 A.D.
3 3/4 in. (4 3/4 in.) (82 grams total, 97 mm (12.1 cm high including stand)).
With a D-section profile, tapering end with a sharp point; a human face with carved almond-shaped eyes, open mouth and elongated slender nose; mounted on a custom-made stand, with a handwritten label reading 'Walrus ivory head, Okvik, 200 BC-100 AD, Exc. St. Lawrence Isl.'
ProvenanceExcavated at St. Lawrence Island.
Ex John and Valerie Arieta, 1994.
Dr Alan Black collection.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
See Sainsbury Centre, item no. RLS 1; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, item no. 2016.111.
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LOT 2766
Native North American Okvik Carved Fossilized Walrus Ivory Head
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Bonham's, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 11 December 2018, no.422. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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