Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
HARPOON COUNTERWEIGHT PUNUK, CIRCA AD 800 - 1200
Auction Closed
May 13, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, New Mexico
HARPOON COUNTERWEIGHT PUNUK, CIRCA AD 800 - 1200
Walrus bone (Odobenus rosmarus)
Height: 2 ⅜ in (6 cm)
Private Collection, New Mexico, acquired by 1976
PUBLISHED
Ralph T. Coe, Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art, London, 1976, p. 116, cat. no. 207
Hayward Gallery, London, Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art, October 7, 1976 - January 16, 1977; additional venue: Nelson Gallery of Art-Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, April 4 - June 19, 1977