Inuit Toggle, Alaska

Restricted Species

Lot Closed

December 10, 03:29 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 EUR

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Description

Inuit Toggle, Alaska

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ivory

Long. 13 cm ; Lenght. 5 ⅛ in

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Oscar Meyer Collection, Paris

Mes C. Boisgirard and A. de Heeckeren, Drouot Rive-Gauche, Paris, Collection Meyer, 29–30 November 1977, lot 293

Francis Briest, Paris, Archéologie – Art Primitif, 22 April 1985, lot 79

Collection of Robert Gessain (1907–1986), acquired at this sale

Passed down by descent

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