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"Eskimo
Hunter's Ivory Wall Hanging" (large)
Walrus ivory wall
hanging featuring the implements and prey of the hunt. Depicts faces of a
man and woman with ivory faces and fur ruffs, snowshoes made of antler with
metal and waxed sinew bindings, ivory and bone ulu (a scraper and cutting
blade for working on hides and meat), Eskimo seal hook (used for retrieving
sunken seal), ivory harpoon tip with line, carved ivory walrus head with
baleen eyes and nostrils and black scrimshaw. At left is a bone blade with
ivory handle used to cut meat. At right is a harpoon with ivory handle, bone
barb tip and seal-skin line. Items attached to seal
skin, which is attached by waxed sinew to six ivory rods (this is made to
resemble a traditional hide frame used to stretch hides). Signed by artist.
16 inches tall X
9.5 inches wide. By
Mark K. Brown.
$563.00.
(#1201)
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"Eskimo
Hunter's Ivory Wall Hanging" (medium)
Walrus ivory wall
hanging featuring the implements and prey of the hunt. Depicts faces of a
man and woman with ivory faces and fur ruffs, ivory and bone ulu (a scraper
and cutting blade for working on hides and meat, Eskimo seal hook (used for
retrieving sunken seal), ivory harpoon tip with line, carved ivory walrus
head with baleen eyes and nostrils and black scrimshaw. At left is a bone
blade with ivory handle used to cut meat. At right is a harpoon with ivory
handle, bone barb tip and seal-skin line. Items
attached to seal skin, which is attached by waxed sinew to six ivory rods
(this is made to resemble a traditional hide frame used to stretch hides).
Signed by artist. 10.25 inches
tall X 7 inches wide. By
Mark K. Brown.
$438.00.
(#1202)
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Baleen
Reverse scrimshawed baleen (whalebone) depicting a King
Salmon, a Bowhead Whale, a Killer Whale, an Eskimo seal hunter, a Ring Seal
and Kokogiak (a mythological 10-legged polar bear). Signed by the artist.
Approximately 6 feet long, 6 inches wide at one end, tapering to .5 inch at
the tip. By Peter (Pelo) Demientieff.
$720.00 (#1239) |
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Baleen & Bone Letter Opener
Reverse scrimshawed baleen (whalebone) and bone letter opener
depicting a hunter pursuing his prey on one side of the blade and a
Killerwhale and seal on the other. Caribou handle. Signed by the artist.
Approximately 10.5 inches long. By Peter (Pelo)
Demientieff. $70.00 (#1245) |
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Baleen & Bone Letter
Opener
Reverse scrimshawed baleen (whalebone) and bone letter opener
depicting three Killerwhales on the blade. Caribou handle. Signed by the
artist. Approximately 9.5 inches long. By
Peter (Pelo) Demientieff. $70.00 (#1246) |
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