Lot 17
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COUTEAU TLINGIT A TLINGIT KNIFE
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COUTEAU TLINGITA TLINGIT KNIFE

ALASKA

Details
COUTEAU TLINGIT
A TLINGIT KNIFE
ALASKA
Hauteur : 43 cm. (17 in.)
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 27 mai 1987, lot 234
Collection James et Marilynn Alsdorf, Chicago, acquis lors de cette vente
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Lot Essay

Cf. pour un couteau Tlingit au manche sculpté d'une forme de tête de loup, comparable à notre exemplaire, voir la collection du Penn Museum, inv. n° NA 1288, reproduit dans Witthoft, J. et Eyman, F., Metallurgy of the Tlingit, Dene, and Eskimo, in Expedition, vol. 11, issue n° 3, Philadelphie, printemps 1969, p. 13.

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