St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Dance Scene
13.3 cms x 17.8 cms x 12.07 cms (5.25 ins x 7 ins x 5.25 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Inuit & First Nations Art Auction November 18, 2015" held on Wed, Nov 18, 2015.
Lot 230
Lot 230
Estimate: CAD $2,500 - $3,500
Did not sell
Did not sell
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Charles Slwooko (1900-1975)
Siberian Yupik, Gambell (Sivuqaq),
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Dance Scene
c. 1940
ivory, baleen, reindeer hair and pigment, on a wooden base, inscribed on plaque: "Charles Slwooko Of Gambell"
5.25 x 7 x 4.75 in, 13.3 x 17.8 x 12.1 cm
Provenance: Albrecht Collection, Scottsdale, Arizona;
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