ALASKA

Details

MASQUE, ÎLE AMAKNAK, ÎLES FOX, ARCHIPEL DES ÎLES ALÉOUTIENNES
ALASKA
Hauteur : 20 cm. (7 3⁄4 in.)

Provenance

Joseph (Jef) Van der Straete (1904-1984), Lasne, Belgique
Collection privée, Belgique
Transmis par descendance

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Further details

MASK, AMAKNAK ISLAND, FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ARCHIPELAGO, ALASKA

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Cf. pour un exemplaire comparable, acquis en 1928 par la Stoll-McCracken Arctic Expedition à Hot Springs Village, actuellement conservé dans la collection du American Museum of Natural History de New York, inv. n° 60.01-5833 et reproduit dans Rogers, S.J. et al., « A Whalebone Mask from Amaknak Island, Eastern Aleutian Islands Alaska » in Arctic Anthropology, vol. 48, n°1, fig. 6 ; ou encore l’exemplaire similaire de la collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. n° 1979. 206.435.

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