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A GROUP OF SEVEN EARLY HISTORIC ESKIMO IVORY CARVINGS AND ONE ESKIMO WOOD CONTAINER
The first a handle of elongated form depicting two hunting scenes, light yellow patina; the second a cylindrical container, finely engraved with hunting scene depicting stylized human figures and caribou, yellow patina; the third an oval container, decorated with finely incised human figures hunting in kayaks and on sleds, yellow patina; the fourth a container of tapering form, decorated with six stylized dancing figures, birds and wolves, yellow patina; the fifth, a scraper in the form of a seal with rounded head decorated with incised linear patterns with notches and nucleated circles, face with circular eyes, arched brows and pierced nose, yellow patina; the sixth, an oval wood container with a handle in the form of a seal head, orange pigment; the seventh, a bracelet decorated with engraved linear patterns, dark brown patina
Ranging in size from 2½ to 10¼in. (6.3 to 26.1cm.) long (7)
The first a handle of elongated form depicting two hunting scenes, light yellow patina; the second a cylindrical container, finely engraved with hunting scene depicting stylized human figures and caribou, yellow patina; the third an oval container, decorated with finely incised human figures hunting in kayaks and on sleds, yellow patina; the fourth a container of tapering form, decorated with six stylized dancing figures, birds and wolves, yellow patina; the fifth, a scraper in the form of a seal with rounded head decorated with incised linear patterns with notches and nucleated circles, face with circular eyes, arched brows and pierced nose, yellow patina; the sixth, an oval wood container with a handle in the form of a seal head, orange pigment; the seventh, a bracelet decorated with engraved linear patterns, dark brown patina
Ranging in size from 2½ to 10¼in. (6.3 to 26.1cm.) long (7)