05-12-201205-12-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2596BBoston
May 12, 2012 10:00 AMCalender
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Eskimo Bone Snow Beater

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$10,665$9,000
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2596BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 12, 2012 10:00AM

Description:

Eskimo Bone Snow Beater, c. last quarter 19th century, with scrimshaw depictions of an elaborate range of activities including dances, hunting scenes, camp scenes, steam ships, Europeans, and a teeter-totter; one end carved in the form of a small animal head, lg. 28 in.

Provenance: Purchased from the estate of Senator Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838-1918) of Kentucky. Blackburn had an association with Alaskan explorer Lt. Henry Tureman Allen.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Keywords

Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, small animal head, small animal head , lg, Kentucky, Henry Tureman Allen