Figure anthropomorphe, 19e siècle · Alaska, Péninsule de Seward, Cape Nome, Inupiat · ID: 3049748
Vendu
8 000 €
Provenance
Josephine L. Reader, Nome, Alaska, USAJeffrey Myers, New York, USA
John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
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)Exposition
Paris, France: "Parcours des Mondes", John Giltsoff, 12 - 16 September 2007