Yup’ik Mask
Alaska
Shaman mask
Coastal Yup’ik, Eskimo
St Michael or Yukon river Delta, Alaska
19th century
Carved wood, pigments
Height: 19.5 cm – 7 ½ in.
Provenance
Collection Karin & Leo (1937-1987) Van Oosterom, The Hague, acquired in 1980










Alaska
Shaman mask
Coastal Yup’ik, Eskimo
St Michael or Yukon river Delta, Alaska
19th century
Carved wood, pigments
Height: 19.5 cm – 7 ½ in.
Provenance
Collection Karin & Leo (1937-1987) Van Oosterom, The Hague, acquired in 1980










Alaska
Shaman’s dual mask
Man-Seal inua spirit
St. Michael, Alaska
Carved wood, leather and pigments
Late 19th century
Height: 9 in. (23 cm )
Collected in Anvik, Alaska
Ex collection Heye Foundation, Museum of the American Indian, inventory # 5/941
Sold in 1944 to Julius Carlebach (1909-1964)
Ex Carlebach Gallery, New York
Ex collection Jeffrey R. Myers, New York
Ex collection Pinchas Mendelson, New York, acquired from the above in 2003
By descent












Alaska
Tlingit shaman’s figure
Carved wood (red cedar), pigments and human hair
Early 19th century
Height: 8 ½ in. (22 cm)
Ex Sotheby’s Parke Bernet New York, 16 Oct. 1976 lot 136
Ex collection James Economos (1939-2019), Santa Fe
Ex collection James & Marilynn Alsdorf, Chicago, acquired from the above on April 3rd 1990
Illustrated: “The Box of Daylight, Northwest Coast Indian Art”, Bill Holm, pl. 200 p. 117, Seattle Art Museum, 1984












Alaska
Inupiaq shamanic mask (Eskimo)
Bering Strait area, Point Hope
Carved wood, pigment
Middle 19th century
Height: 19.5 cm
Ex collection Ron Nasser – John Molloy, New York
Ex collection John Giltsoff
Ex private collection
Published: John Giltsoff, 2009








Alaska
Caribou figure
Shaman’s or hunter’s amulet
Marine ivory, blue trade bead, sinew
19th century
Length: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Ex collection Jeffrey R. Myers, New York
Ex collection Craig Finch circa 2004
Ex collection Dr J.S. ‘Tim’ Gordon, London








Alaska
Spirit (inua) of the walrus mask
Nunivak Island
Carved wood, pigments and feathers
Early to mid 20th century
Height: 17 ¼ in. (44 cm)
Ex private collection, Netherlands










Alaska
Thule culture (Ancient Eskimo)
Mainland Thule
Circa 1200-1600 A.D.
Carved walrus tooth
Height: 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm)
Excavated near Brevik circa 2010
Ex collection George Shaw, Colorado, USA
Exhibition
“Les fils de Sanna – Inuit de l’Arctique”, Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, 2020






Alaska
Punuk culture (Archaic Eskimo)
5th-9th century
Carved walrus tooth
Height: 10 ¼ in. (26.2 cm)
Ex private collection, Geneva
Published: White Memory, 2016



Alaska
Ulu knife
Thule culture or earlier (Archaic Eskimo)
Prior to the 18th century
Carved walrus tooth and slate
Height: 2 ½ in. (6.5 cm)
Length: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Ex private collection, Geneva
Exhibition
“Les fils de Sanna – Inuit de l’Arctique”, Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, 2020








Alaska
Zoomorphic Scraper / Spoon
Thule Culture (Ancient Eskimo)
12th – 17th century
Carved mammoth ivory
Height: 3 ½ in. (8.8 cm)
Length: 2 ¾ in. (6.9 cm)
Ex collection Emile Deletaille, Brussels
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