Three miniature combs, ~ 1200 - 1600 AD · Alaska, Thule Culture · ID: 3043089
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Provenance
Alaska on Madison, New York, USADescription
bone, yellowish and brown patina, two whale tail combs: a) with drilled hole, originally 14 teeth (two of them missing), h: 8 cm; b) 12 teeth, h: 6,5 cm; c) simple form, 15 teeth, h: 3,7 cm; each of the combs mounted on pedestal
The object Three miniature combs, ~ 1200 - 1600 AD with the object ID 3043089 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 49.
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Comparing literature
Ellis, Donald, Art of the Arctic, Ivories from the Bering Sea, London 2015, p. 75, Pl. 72