Lot: 23

Figure anthropomorphe, 19e siècle

Alaska, Péninsule de Seward, Cape Nome, Inupiat

Provenance Taille Adjugé
Josephine L. Reader, Nome, Alaska, USA
Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA
John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
H: 34,5 cm Vendu

wood, base

This figure was found under big rocks on the slope of Cape Nome in 1968. It was found together with another sculpture, a half-figure pegged into his wooden kayak. Both objects might have belonged to a shaman.


Ray, Dorothy Jean, Eskimo Art, Seatlle, London 1977, p. 118, ill. 55; John Giltsoff, "Parcours des Mondes", Paris, 12 - 16 September 2007 (at the Galerie Charlotte Norberg) Exposé

Paris, France: "Parcours des Mondes", John Giltsoff, 12 - 16 September 2007