Description:

Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Beringian / Old Bering Sea Culture, Punuk & Thule to Inuit, ca. 200 BCE to 1900 CE. A large assortment of 50 Alaskan Native tools, adornments, fishing lures, spear heads, and toggles made from bone, walrus ivory, stone, and wood. Included are 14 labrets, 6 slate stone blades and a thick mottled greenstone with a drilled hole for a cord. These artifacts are a range of ages, possibly as early as Pre-Contact Punuk stage to Post-Contact Inuit. Size of largest stone blade: 6.2" L x 1.3" W (15.7 cm x 3.3 cm); smallest labret: 0.8" L x 0.5" W (2 cm x 1.3 cm); case: 15.2" L x 12" W (38.6 cm x 30.5 cm)

This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington.

Please note this item may fall under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and may not be eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Litchfield, Ohio, USA collection

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  • Condition: Old chips and losses throughout as expected with age, use, and exposure to elements. Nice patina to bone and ivory. Displayed in a wood and glass case.

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