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Fine Tribal, Oceanic Art & Antiquities - Lillian Hoffman Estate — Guy Earl-Smith & Antiquity

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Auction House:Guy Earl-Smith & AntiquityNumber of lots recorded:690
Sale Title:Fine Tribal, Oceanic Art & Antiquities - Lillian Hoffman EstateLots with images:687
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:657
Date:1-Aug-2010
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Chinese Cabinet, of wood with brass fittings, mineral earth pigments, 115 x 84 cm
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Chinese miniature, theatre, c, early 19th century, the four porcelain in various dynamic postures, displayed within a wooden box, with hand painted mise en scene, glass front, 47 x 21 cm
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Four Ivory Sculptures, a group of three portrait masks and a splendid arched carving of insects and foliage above an openwork carved wooden stand, China, 14-31 cm (5)
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Three Snuff Bottles and Ivory Compass, 19th century, two bottles of Bird of Paradise beak, the other of ivory, the compass inscribed with Chinese characters, 5-9 cm (4)
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A Collection of Ivory Containers, 19th century, three decorated in relief with lion and monkey motif, one embossed with blue letters, China, 6.5-10 cm (6)
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A Fine Ivory Calligrapher's Set, c. 19th century, including ink pots and brush, China, 2-28.5 cm (18)
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A Collection of Three Chinese Ivory Pieces, c. 19th century, including two cigarette holders, 15- 34.5 cm (3)
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Two Chinese ivory Utensils, c. 19th century, including a fan and back scratcher with jade terminal, 9-30 cm (2). Provenance: The fan purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with certificate of Guarantee
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A collection of Chinese opium utensils, c. 19th century, including an ivory pipe, a set of scales within an ivory container, a pair of metal tongs and two metal pipes, 15.5-40 cm (5)
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Two Ivory Opium Pipes, c. 19th century, one with leather case, China, 10-15 cm (2) Provenance: Purchase at C. Y. Tse Antiques and Collectibles, 1998, Hong Kong with Certificate of Antiquity for one
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A Collection of Ivory Snuff Bottles, c. 19th century, decorated with polychrome mineral earth pigments, China, 3-6.5 cm (17)
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A Collection of Ivory Snuff Bottles, c. 19th century, decorated with polychrome mineral earth pigments, China, 3-4.5 cm (16)
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A Collection of Ivory Snuff Bottles, c. 19th century, decorated with polychrome mineral earth pigments, China, 3.5-6.5 cm (16)
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A Collection of Ivory Untensils, c. 19th century, including toothpicks and seven decorated panels, China, 3.5-6.5 cm
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A Collection of Japanese Netsuke, four signed by artist including one by Masanao, 4-10 cm (13)
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A Collection of Five Japanese Netsuke, one signed by artist, 3-5.5 cm (5)
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A Collection of Five Japanese Netsuke, four signed by artist, 3.5-12 cm (5)
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A Collection of Five Japanese Netsuke, four with artist's mark, including one by Shozan, 2.5-4.5 cm (5)
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A Collection of Five Japanese Netsuke, four with artist's mark, including one by Shozan, 3-5 cm (5)
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A Collection of Five Japanese Netsuke, four with artist's mark, including one by Gyokusai and Kogyoku, 2.5-4.5 cm (5)
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A Collection of Ivory Figures, including one ceramic and one metal figure, various cultures, 2-6 cm (9)
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A Collection of Japanese Kobe Dolls and Ivory Netsuke, c. 19th century, Meiji Period, of wood and ivory, the Netsuke by Shozan with artist stamp, 3.5-11 cm (4) Provenance: Purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with Certificate of Guarantee
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A Collection of Three Japanese Kobe Dolls, c. 19th century, Meiji Period, of wood with mechanical movements, 8-9 cm (3) Provenance: Purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with Certificate of Guarantee
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A Collection of Three Japanese Kobe Dolls, c. 19th century, Meiji Period, of wood with mechanical movements, 9-9.5 cm (3) Provenance: Purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with Certificate of Guarantee
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Three Ivory Netsuke, one in the form of a seated artist, Japan 5-8 cm (3)
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Four Ivory Netsuke, one in the form of an elephant, Japan, 5-6.5 cm (3)
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Three Rare Carved Walnuts, the figurative motifs in relief, Japan, 4 cm each (3)
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Five Ivory Sculptures, c. 19th century, two netsuke with artist mark, Japan and China, 3-21 cm (5)
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Two ivory containers, c. 19th century, the lidded pot Meiji period, Japan, the card case Tongzhi period, China, 7-11 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with certificate of Guarantee
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A superb Chinese ivory sculpture, c. 19th century, in the form of a cat, 11 x 20 cm
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A Collection of Ivory Sculptures, including pendants and utensils, China, 4.5-20 cm (7)
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A superb Chinese ivory bust, c. 19th century, the head sculpted of ivory with an elaborate openwork headdress above a wooden base, 36 x 26 cm
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An Ivory Sculpture of A Boat, with a central standing figure above a wooden base, China, 34 x 15 cm
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A rare ivory scholar's utility box, c. 19th century, of marine ivory, embossed with artist mark, fragmented, 26 x 3 cm. Provenance: Purchased at C. Y. Tse Antiques and Collectibles, 1998, Hong Kong with Certificate of Antiquity
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A Snuff Container and Two Ball Sculptures, the glass snuff bottle inside painted with artist's mark, Japan, 3.5 x 13 cm (3)
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A Rare Ching Dynasty Foot Binding Display, c.1860 AD, Tongzhi Period, including a shoe, a wooden model of a foot, two shoe trees and legging, 9-18 cm (5) Purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with Certificate of Guarantee Note: these objects were used in order to inform regarding the tradition of Golden Lotus foot binding tradition
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A collection of three Ching Dynasty ivory prayer boards, 19th century, the rectangular strips, one inscribed with text, China, 46-53 cm (3)
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A Chinese export ware ceramic pig, 19th century, the high fired glazed ceramic decorated with themes of Hong Kong harbour, reclining above a wooden pedestal, 14 x 19 cm
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A pair of Ching Dynasty Canton Mandarin fans, c. 19th century, Daoguang period, in octagonal form, the rice paper decorated with watercolour, brocade and applied fabric depicting garden scenes with in a lacquered wooden frame, 40-26 cm (2), Purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with certificate of Guarantee, note: these fans were produced for the European export market
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A Chinese Ceramic Egg, c. 19th century, the high fired ceramic inscribed with text, 31-70 cm
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A fine Chinese court portrait, Artist unknown, watercolour on paper mounted on a silk scroll, some waterstaining, 61 x 129 cm
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Two Japanese Silk Scrolls, with artist's mark, 215 x 47 cm, 190 x 57 cm (2)
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A Collection of Chinese Engravings, depicting Chinese torture and execution scenes, engraved by Dadley for W. Miler, Old Bond Street, London, Jan. 1902, 35 x 12 cm (10)
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Four Japanese Silk Prints, depicting torture and imprisonment scenes, framed, 30 x 17 cm (4)
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An Edo period Japanese spirit figure (okimono), 19th century, of wood with inlaid glass eyes, in esoteric form, 20 x 15 cm
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Two Chinese soapstone sculptures, the ovoid plaques with scenes of birds and trees in relief, 30-18 cm (2)
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A Chinese Majong set and prayer book, the mahjong set within a leather case, the prayer of book of jade strips, 183-14 cm (2)
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Two Chinese famille-rose candle holders, 19th century, Ching Dynasty, Tongzhi period, of high fired polychrome glazed porcelain depicting the deity He-He of harmony and good fortune, 17 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased from Yesteryear, Hong Kong with certificate of Identification
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A Fine Chinese Ceramic Vessel, 19th century, Tongzhi Period, the high fired polychrome glazed ceramic vessel, 8 x 5 cm
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A Fine Six Dynasties Ceramic Sculpture, c.222-589 AD, in the form of an ox and cart, remnant mineral earth pigments, China, 18-19 cm, (16-20 cm including stand) Purchased from Chidori, Seattle, USA Note: This lot is sold with the original purchase receipt and thermoluminescence authenticity report from the Radio Isotope Unit, University of Hong Kong
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A Warring States Bronze Tiger Tali, c.476-221 BC, cast in two pieces, inscribed with text, Note: These talis cast in the image of a tiger and inscribed with script were often used by the Emperor to confer military powers to his ministers. Cast in two pieces, an officer would only accept the written order as valid when the two parts were fitted together completing the inscription
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A Fine Ching Dynasty Roof Finial, 19th century, the high fired polychrome glazed ceramic in the form of a deity in flight on the back of a swan, rejoined, China, 16 x 25 cm
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A Tang Dynasty ceramic vessel, c.618-907 AD, with green glaze, the lid with raised scrolling motif, some fragmentation, china, 18 x 26 cm
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A Tang Dynasty ceramic Sculture, c.618-907 AD, with green glaze, in the form of a carriage and three horses, china, 25 x 16 cm
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A Tang Dynasty ceramic Sculture, c.618-907 AD, with green glaze, in the form of a palanquin and four porters, china, 25 x 23 cm
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A Collection of Six Tang Dynasty Ceramic Sculptures, c.618-907 AD, three with polychrome glaze and three in the form of horoscope figures, China, 16-26 cm (6) Purchased from Three Treasures Gallery, Hong Kong, Note: The horoscope figures are sold with a certificate of antiquity, No. Tt 33918
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Two Tang Dynasty ceramic sculptures, c.618-907 AD, with polychrome glaze in the form of court officials, china 49-53 cm (2)
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Two Han Dynasty ceramic sculptures, c.206-220 AD, of baked grey clay, remnant polychrome mineral earth pigments, china, 7-10 cm (2)
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A Collection of Miniature Ceramic Palanquins With Porters, attached with twisted wire, decorated with polychrome paints, China, 5-19 cm (4)
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A Chinese Stone Sculpture, the rectangular panel sculpted with a lady in relief, incised with script, 23 x 20 cm
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Two Chinese Ancestor Stone Tiles, depicting two seated men and one lady, 20 x 15 cm, 25 x 19 cm (2)
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A Chinese ancestor tile and a Japanese painting on stone, ink on stone, wooden stands, 30 x 25 cm, 40 x 30 cm (2)
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A Collection of Chinese Metal Weights, Five in the form of birds, the others inscribed with text, 2-5 cm (14)
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A Collection of Chinese Ornaments, including a soapstone sculpture, metal belt buckle, glass ornamental musical instruments, and other pieces, 2-20 cm (26)
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Two Chinese Carvings and a Ceramic Vessel, of wood and string, the vessel inscribed with script, 8 x 20 cm
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Three superb Inuit Ossik, of walrus penis bone, the terminals of walrus ivory two sculpted in the form of polar bear, the other in the form of a walrus, 42-52 cm (3)
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Two Inuit artefacts, one of walrus bone, one an ossik sculpted with figurative motifs, and inset walrus ivory, 35-48 cm (2)
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Three superb Inuit Ossik, of walrus penis bone, one with terminals of walrus ivory in the form of polar bear, the other in the form of a walrus, 49-57 cm (3)
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A superb Inuit sculpture, of openwork walrus tusk, Nunivak Island, Alaska, 52 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Paul Goldstein, New York, in 1996 note: This lot is sold with the purchase receipt from Paul Goldstein
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A Fine Sculpture of A Penguin Rookery, R. Dor Reid, c. 1980s, of walrus ivory on a wooden base, Okanaga Valley, Kelowna, Canada, 25 x 18 cm
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A rare fossil Mammoth Molar, Artist unknown, decorated with diminutive ivory birds pegged to woolly mammoth molar, Pt Hope, Alaska, 25 x 13 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Paul Goldstein, New York
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A Collection of Six Inuit Sculptures, including a doll of stone, wool and cotton and polychrome dyes, including a doll by Annie Sineronie, 7-17 cm (6) Provenance: from Sandy Horn, Mill Valley Ca, USA
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Two fine Inuit baskets, of woven whale baleen, the lids decorated with walrus ivory in the form of a walrus and a seal, the bases with central ivory disc, Alaska, 8-11 cm (2)
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Three Inuit artefacts, two of walrus tusk, one decorated in relief with three walruses, and a fossil walrus bone with polished anterior, 26-37 cm (3)
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A Collection of Billiken Talismen, of marine ivory, two decorated with gold, Alaska, 4-9 cm (6) Note: The original 'billiken' was the invention of American art teacher Florence Pretz, who patented it in 1908. By 1909 it had become a popular subject for Inuit artisans in Nome Alaska, where it became a popular good luck charm
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A Collection of Inuit Sculptures, including four tupilaks, of marine bone, Greenland, 14-20 cm (5) Note: Originally tupilaks were made up of a bundle of bones, peat and animal skin and represented an imaginary animal. Since increased European contact in the late nineteenth century, the native people of Greenland have carved their distinctive tupilaks in wood, bone or marine ivory
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Two Inuit Tupilaks, of marine ivory, Greenland, 8-9 cm (2)
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Three Inuit Tupilaks, of marine ivory, Greenland, 10-12 cm (3)
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Three Inuit Tupilaks, of marine ivory, Greenland, 11-14 cm (3)
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Four Inuit Tupilaks, of marine ivory, Greenland, 8-10 cm (4)
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Three Inuit Tupilaks, of marine ivory, Greenland, 9-15 cm (3)
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Three Inuit Tupilaks, of marine ivory, Greenland, 9-14 cm (3)
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Three Inuit Tupilaks, of marine ivory, Greenland, 10-15 cm (3)
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A Collection of Inuit Sculpture, of marine ivory and black coral, 12-15 cm (4)
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Three Inuit Sculptures, of marine ivory, one with a whale in relief, 10-15 cm (3)
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A Collection of Inuit Figures and Amulets, of marine ivory, in various forms, 5-5.5 cm (7)
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A Collection of Inuit Figures and Amulets, of marine ivory, in various forms, 3-5 cm (6)
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A collection of Inuit tools, of marine ivory and wood, including a harpoon, 11-27 cm (7)
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A collection of five early Inuit implements, of wood, bone and marine ivory, including two cod lures and two floats, 6-11 cm (5). Provenance: The cod lures were purchased from Rudi south, Washington state, 1996 note: a copy of the purchase receipt is available to the buyer
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Two Inuit bow Drills, c.18th-20th Cetury, of marine ivory, decorated with incised motifs, 14-36 cm (2). Provenance: The smaller example purchased in 1996 note: original purchase receipt available to buyer
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Three Alaskan Paper Knives, of marine ivory, one incised with animal visage, 29-43 cm (3)
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Four Alaskan Implements, of marine ivory, including one folding toothpick, 8-22 cm (4)
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A Superb Alaskan Necklace, c. 19th century, the chain and two seal pendants sculpted from a single piece of ivory, 100 cm Provenance: Purchased from Paul Goldstein, Seattle
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A Collection Four Inuit Sculptures, of marine ivory in the form of ducks, 6-7 cm (4) Provenance: Purchased from Paul Goldstein, Seattle
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A Collection Four Inuit Sculptures, of marine ivory in the form of ducks, 5-6 cm (4) Provenance: Purchased from Paul Goldstein, Seattle
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Four Inuit Sculptures, of marine ivory, in the form of seals, whales and a polar bear, one signed by artist, Alaska, 5-12 cm (4)
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A Collection of Inuit Tools, of marine ivory, including six needles and a bodkin, 6-10 cm (7)
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Two Carved Umbrella Handles, of marine ivory, one with a coiled serpent at apex, Alaska, 14-26 cm (2)
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Two Carved Umbrella Handles, of marine ivory, one with an arctic fox, Alaska, 18-25 cm (2)
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A Collection of Inuit Carvings, of marine ivory, including whale, seals and a bird, one signed by the artist, Alaska, 5-12 cm (4)
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