2009, American Indian Art, April 4

 
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    Lot #1
    Nunivak Island Carved Ivory Cribbage Board,
    early 20th century
    overall imagery depicts hungry large fish feeding on marine mammals and smaller unhappy fish; details incised in red and black ink; baleen inserts for eyes and nostrils, length ...
    Price Realized: $7,050.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #2
    Nunivak Island Carved Walrus Ivory Fish,
    early 20th century
    dorsal and ventral sides incised with cross-hatched bands and circular devices, length 6.25" x width 1.5".
    Price Realized: $2,115.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #3
    Eskimo Zoomorphic Snuff Box,
    late 19th century
    carved with walrus figure; augmented with white beads and carved bone; mouth with red pigment; hinged opening at belly, length 4.25"
    Price Realized: $4,112.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #4
    Eskimo Carved Walrus Ivory Chess Set,
    early-mid 20th century
    housed in a wooden box opening to playing board; fossilized and unfossilized pieces ranging in size from 1.25" to 2.25"; board 12.25" square.
    Price Realized: $2,467.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #5
    Eskimo Carved Ivory Figures,
    early 20th century
    lot of 3; includes a needle case with thimble; baleen forms seal's eyes, length 6"; PLUS an umbrella handle carved with seal and walrus, length 5.75"; AND a seal figure, length ...
    Price Realized: $720.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #6
    Siberian Pipe with Tamper and Pouch,
    late 19th century
    with sinew lashing on wooden pipe stem; copper inlaid bowl; five beaded strands separated with thin pieces of hide connect tamper and hide bag to pipe, length of pipe 12.5".
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    Price Realized: $1,762.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #7
    Eskimo Ulu, Knife, and Whetstone,
    ca 1900
    ulu and knife with fossilized walrus ivory handles and slate blades; whetstone with walrus hide handle, length of ulu 3"; length of knife 8"; length of whetstone 4.5".

    Gilbert W. ...
    Price Realized: $660.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #10
    Brass Crucifix with Hubble Trade Beads,
    ca 1900
    back of crucifix stamped Souvenir de Mission, total length 19".

    Gilbert W. Dilley (1902-1996) began collecting American Indian art at an early age. His interest began when ...
    Price Realized: $146.88 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #11
    Glass Trade Beads and Eastern Woodlands Wooden Pipe,
    first quarter of 20th century
    lot of 4. Includes a strand of blue and white beads, length 40.5"; PLUS another strand of cherry red glass beads with tan accents, length 31.5"; PLUS a strand of cy ...
    Price Realized: $146.88 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #12
    Eskimo Carved Walrus Ivory Umbrella Handle,
    early 20th century
    with walruses, bears, seals, foxes, and a smiling man's head, length 9.5".
    Price Realized: $470.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #14
    Eskimo Walrus Ivory Gambling Die,
    first quarter of 20th century
    deeply grooved with each side having inlaid baleen dots in recessed areas, length 3.25" x diameter 1".
    Price Realized: $0.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #15
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Bear and Terrorized Seal by Joanas Jack,
    1989
    signed in roman letters and dated, height 11" x length 10".
    Price Realized: $352.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #16
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Mother and Child by Ann Markossie,
    third quarter 20th century
    signed in roman letters, height 8.25" x width 5".
    Price Realized: $264.38 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #18
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Dancing Seal,
    mid 20th century
    unsigned, height 9.25".
    Price Realized: $205.63 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #19
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Spirit Owl by Anita Issaluk,
    mid 20th century
    signed in roman letters and syllabics, height 6.5" x width 5".
    Price Realized: $0.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #20
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Crouched Hunter by Peter Ussuqi Anauta (1934- 1996)
    mid 20th century
    signed in roman letters and disk number, height 6.5" x length 7".
    Price Realized: $0.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #21
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Sculpture by Abraham Anghik (1951- ),
    1992
    signed on base in roman letters, height 8" x width 7.5".
    Price Realized: $390.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #22
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Drummer by Abraham Anghik (1951- ),
    late 20th century
    with hide drum and bone beater, height 11.5" x length 8.5".
    Price Realized: $420.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #25
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Bear by Ohotok (1936- ),
    third quarter 20th century; signed in roman letters and with disk number, height 6" x length 10.5".
    Price Realized: $352.50 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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    Lot #27
    Eskimo Carved Soapstone Drummer Attributed to Luke Airut (1942-),
    ca late-twentieth century
    with whale bone drum and beater, height 21.5".
    Price Realized: $1,175.00 (incl. Buyer's Premium)
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