Lot n° 275
Estimation :
4000 - 6000
EUR
Model of a men's house (Qasgi or Qasgip) showing ten male fi - Lot 275
Model of a men's house (Qasgi or Qasgip) showing ten male figures dancing during the bladder ceremony that opens the ceremonial season at the winter solstice. Walrus ivory and polychrome wood. Dimensions: 15 x 15.5 cm. Alaska. Thule culture. Circa 1900 / 1910. Ivory and bone of the walrus species (Odobenus rosmarus) (Appendix B) pre-regulation, species included in Appendix II of CITES and Appendix B of EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996. If leaving the EU, a CITES re-export permit is required. Ex; Charles Miles Collection. Publication: Miles, Charles:Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of North America. Bonanza Books, H. Regnery Co.1963. P. 148, fig. 6.23.
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