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LOT 2764
Native North American Punuk Carved Fossilized Bone Knife Handle
ALASKA, CIRCA 500-1000 A.D.
4 in. (43.1 grams, 10.1 cm).
Modelled as a finely carved zoomorphic body with circular eyes and a rounded mouth, lines and dots decoration to the body, securing a smooth black stone blade.
ProvenanceExcavated on St Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Ex John and Valerie Arieta, 1996.
Dr Alan Black collection.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
See Sukhorukova, E.S., The Question of a Unified Birnirk-Punuk Artistic Tradition in the Eskimo Art of Chukotka, 2006, figure 5.
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LOT 2764
Native North American Punuk Carved Fossilized Bone Knife Handle
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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