The Collection of Adele and Enrico Donati
Inupiaq Pipe, Bering Sea Region, Alaska, United States of America
Auction Closed
June 18, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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The Collection of Adele and Enrico Donati
Inupiaq Pipe, Bering Sea Region, Alaska, United States of America
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ivory, pigment
Length: 12 in (30.5 cm)
Inscribed in black ink with the Heye Foundation inventory number: "6-2451"
Museum for the American Indian, the Heye Foundation, New York (inv. no. 6-2451)
Julius Carlebach, New York, acquired from the above
Acquired by the present owner by the 1950s, presumably from the above