Rare figure en bois de la culture de Thulé, probablement 17e siècle ·  Alaska, Shishmaref, Thulé · ID: 3049750

Description

wood, rest., base

This figure was excavated at the ceremonial burial site of Shishmaref, a tiny island between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi sea.

It is the largest known wood Thule figure that could be excavated from the permafrost.

The Thule or proto-Inuit were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by the year 1000 and expanded eastward across northern Canada, reaching Greenland by the 13th century. In the process, they replaced people of the earlier Dorset culture that had previously inhabited the region. The appellation “Thule” originates from the location of Thule (relocated and renamed Qaanaaq in 1953) in northwest Greenland, facing Canada, where the archaeological remains of the people were first found at Comer’s Midden. The links between the Thule and the Inuit are biological, cultural, and linguistic.

L’objet Rare figure en bois de la culture de Thulé, probablement 17e siècle avec l’ID d’objet 3049750 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères Vente 100 dans 15 avril 2023 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 22 a atteint un prix de vente de 7 000 €.

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Remarques

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