Arrow tip · Greenland, Inuit, Thule Kultur · ID: 3035503
sold
EUR 700
Size
L: 11 cm
L: 4.3 inch
Description
walrus ivory, thorn-shaped ending (for fitting on the shaft), the opposite side carved with a flat triangular tip, barb on the right side broken, decorated with pictographic engravings: depicting a hunter with sleigh and two dogs, four small crosses on the opposite side, incisions accentuated by dark pigment, slightly dam., socle, around 1850
The object Arrow tip with the object ID 3035503 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 46 achieved a sales price of EUR 700 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Leskov, A. M. & H. Müller-Beck (Hg.), Arktische Waljäger vor 3000 Jahren, Mainz, München 1993, p. 129, ill. 116