11-09-201911-09-2019
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3316BBoston
November 9, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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Eskimo Bone Handle

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$2,460$2,000
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3316BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 09, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Eskimo Bone Handle, Alaska, 19th century, long bone handle with one end in the form of a bear head, lg. 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: Dr. John Beach Driggs Collection, Delaware. Driggs was an Episcopal missionary physician and educator who served in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1890 and 1910. By family descent.
Estimate $300-500


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John Beach Driggs