Male figure
Greenland
Inuit culture
Carved wood, hide and pigments
19th century
Height: 5 in. (13 cm)
Ex collection Renaud Vanuxem, Paris
Ex private collection, France












Greenland
Inuit culture
Carved wood, hide and pigments
19th century
Height: 5 in. (13 cm)
Ex collection Renaud Vanuxem, Paris
Ex private collection, France
















Greenland
Inuit culture
Carved wood, hide, beads, fur and pigments
19th century
Height: 5 & 5 ¼ in. (13 et 13.5 cm)
Ex collection Renaud Vanuxem, Paris
Ex private collection, France






















Alaska
Punuk culture
Archaic Eskimo
Marine Ivory
500 – 900 AD
Length: 6 ¾ in. (17.5 cm)
Ex Christie’s Paris, 10 juin 2008 lot 192
Ex private collection, Europe
















Alaska or Siberia
A very large shamanic amulet depicting a whale
Inuit or Thule cultures (ancient Eskimo)
19th century or earlier
Carved walrus tooth
Height: 2 in. (5 cm)
Length: 4 ¾ in. (12 cm)
Ex collection Alain de Monbrison, Paris
Ex private collection, France










Alaska
Flying shaman figure
Thule or early Inuit culture
Ancient Eskimo
Marine ivory
Prior to the 19th century
Height: 5 ¼ in. (14.5 cm)
Provenance:
Ex private collection, Europe
Ex collection Galerie Monbrison, Paris












Alaska
Old Bering Sea I culture
Archaic Eskimo
200 B.C. – 100 A.D.
Carved walrus tooth
Height: 3 in. (7.8 cm)
Provenance:
Excavated on Punuk Island, Alaska, summer 2012
Ex Bonhams San Francisco, December 2013
Ex collection Donald Ellis, Canada
Ex private collection, Paris, acquired from the above, 2014
Published:
Art of the Arctic: Reflections of the Unseen, D. Ellis, 2015, plate 7












Alaska
Animal spirit mask
Nunivak Island, Alaska
Carved wood, pigments
First part of the 20th century
Height: 11 in. (28 cm)
Provenance:
Ex private collection, USA












Alaska
An exceptionally large female figure
Okvik, Old Bering Sea I culture
Archaic Eskimo
St. Laurent Island (Sivuqaq), Alaska
Marine ivory
250 BC – 100 AD
Height: 6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm)
Provenance :
Ex collection Perry J. Lewis, U.S.A.
Exhibited & et published:
“ Espíritus del Agua”, Fundación La Caixa, Madrid & Barcelona, 1999 – 2000, plate 2, page 76










Alaska
Shamanic amulet/ toggle in the form of a seal head
Thule culture (Ancient Eskimo)
Prior to the 17th century
Marine ivory
Length: 1 in. (2.7 cm)
Ex collection Brian Murphy Antiques & Art, Santa Fe
Ex collection Larry Frank (1926-2006), New Mexico
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