A Fine Inuit Attachment in the Form of a ‘Whale-Tail’
                                A Fine Inuit Attachment in the Form of a ‘Whale-Tail’
Probably an attachment from a hunting hat
Walrus Ivory
Fine mellow patina
Norton Sound / St Lawrence Island
18th - 19th Century
SIZE: 1.5cm high, 4.5cm wide, 1 cm deep - ½ ins high, 1¾ ins wide, ³⁄₈ ins deep
                                Probably an attachment from a hunting hat
Walrus Ivory
Fine mellow patina
Norton Sound / St Lawrence Island
18th - 19th Century
SIZE: 1.5cm high, 4.5cm wide, 1 cm deep - ½ ins high, 1¾ ins wide, ³⁄₈ ins deep
                                    A Fine Inuit Attachment in the Form of a ‘Whale-Tail’
Inuit Bering Sea
18th century or earlier
SIZE: 11.5cm long - 4½ ins long
                                Inuit Bering Sea
18th century or earlier
SIZE: 11.5cm long - 4½ ins long
                                    Ex Seward Kennedy collection London
Sold Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, March, 2017, The Seward Kennedy collection
Ex Oliver Hoare, London
                Sold Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, March, 2017, The Seward Kennedy collection
Ex Oliver Hoare, London
A Fine Inuit Attachment in the Form of a ‘Whale-Tail’
 
                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                             
                            