Anthropomorphic figure, 19th century, Alaska, Seward Peninsula, Cape Nome, Inupiat, Size: H: 34,5 cm (H: 13.6 inch), ID: 3049748

Anthropomorphic figure, 19th century, Alaska, Seward Peninsula, Cape Nome, Inupiat, Size: H: 34,5 cm (H: 13.6 inch), ID: 3049748 - 2/5

Anthropomorphic figure, 19th century, Alaska, Seward Peninsula, Cape Nome, Inupiat, Size: H: 34,5 cm (H: 13.6 inch), ID: 3049748 - 3/5

Anthropomorphic figure, 19th century, Alaska, Seward Peninsula, Cape Nome, Inupiat, Size: H: 34,5 cm (H: 13.6 inch), ID: 3049748 - 4/5

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Lot 23

Anthropomorphic figure, 19th century · Alaska, Seward Peninsula, Cape Nome, Inupiat · ID: 3049748

sold EUR 8,000

Provenance

Josephine L. Reader, Nome, Alaska, USA
Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA
John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain

Size

H: 34,5 cm

H: 13.6 inch

Description

wood, base

This figure was found under big rocks on the slope of Cape Nome in 1968. It was found together with another sculpture, a half-figure pegged into his wooden kayak. Both objects might have belonged to a shaman.

Publications

Ray, Dorothy Jean, Eskimo Art, Seatlle, London 1977, p. 118, ill. 55; John Giltsoff, "Parcours des Mondes", Paris, 12 - 16 September 2007 (at the Galerie Charlotte Norberg)

Exhibition

Paris, France: "Parcours des Mondes", John Giltsoff, 12 - 16 September 2007

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