Figure anthropomorphe, 19e siècle
Alaska, Péninsule de Seward, Cape Nome, Inupiat
Vendu
8 000 €
Provenance
Josephine L. Reader, Nome, Alaska, USAJeffrey Myers, New York, USA
John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
Taille
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.