Register Auction 104
Zemanek-Münster

Anthropomorphic figure, 19th century

Alaska, Seward Peninsula, Cape Nome, Inupiat
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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