Thule Whale
Alaska
Whale figure
Thule culture – Ancient Eskimo
12th – 18th century
Marine ivory
Length: 3.4 cm – 1 ¼ in.
Provenance
Excavated at Gambell (Sivuqaq), Alaska
Collection Jeffrey Myers, New York












Alaska
Whale figure
Thule culture – Ancient Eskimo
12th – 18th century
Marine ivory
Length: 3.4 cm – 1 ¼ in.
Provenance
Excavated at Gambell (Sivuqaq), Alaska
Collection Jeffrey Myers, New York














Alaska
Seal figure
Thule Culture – Ancient Eskimo
12th – 18th century
Marine ivory
Length: 10.3 cm – 4 in.
Provenance
Excavated at Gambell (Sivuqaq), Alaska
Collection Jeffrey Myers, New York








Alaska
Shamanic amulet / ornament
Thule Culture – Ancient Eskimo
18th century or earlier
Carved walrus tooth
Length: 1 in. – 2.5 cm
Provenance
Collection Anthony JP Meyer, Paris
Private collection, France, acquired from the above














Alaska
Shaman’s mask
Inupiaq (Eskimo)
Point Hope, Alaska
19th century
Carved wood
Height: 22 cm – 8 ½ in.
Provenance
Ex collection Jeffrey Myers, New York
Ex collection Richard Margolis, New York
Ex collection Renaud Vanuxem, Paris








Alaska
Head
Okvik, Old Bering Sea I culture
Archaic Eskimo
200 BC – 100 AD
Marine ivory
Height: 7.7 cm – 3 in.
Provenance
Ex collection Donald Ellis, Canada
Ex private collection, France
Published:
“Art of the Arctic : Reflections of the unseen – Ivories from the Bering Sea”, Donald Ellis, 2015, pl. 8 page 24










Alaska
An exceptionally refined anthropomorphic figure
Thule culture
Ancient Eskimo
1200 – 1700 AD
Marine ivory
Height: 10.5 cm – 4 ¼ in.
Provenance
Ex collection Bernard De Grunne, Brussels
Ex collection Guy Porré & Nathalie Chaboche, acquired from the above








Alaska
Thule culture
Ancient Eskimo
1200 – 1700 AD
Marine ivory
Height: 1.8 cm – 0 ¾ in.
Provenance
Ex collection Yann Ferrandin, Paris
Ex collection Guy Porré & Nathalie Chaboche, acquired from the above










Alaska
Anthropomorphic figure
Thule culture – Ancient Eskimo
1200– 1700 AD
Marine Ivory
Height: 12 cm – 4 ¾ in.
Provenance
Ex collection Neil Becker, New York, USA
Ex collection Pierre Moos, Paris
Ex collection Galerie Flak, Paris
Ex collection Guy Porré & Nathalie Chaboche, acquired from above












Alaska
Anthropomorphic figure
Thule culture – Ancient Eskimo
1200– 1700 AD
Marine Ivory
Height: 11.5 cm – 4 ½ in.
Provenance
Ex collection Yann Ferrandin, Paris
Ex collection Guy Porré & Nathalie Chaboche, acquired from the above




Alaska
Whale Tail comb
Thule culture – Ancient Eskimo
Western Alaska
1200– 1700 AD
Marine Ivory
Height: 7 cm – 2 ¾ in.
Provenance
Reportedly excavated in Shishmaref, Alaska
Ex collection Peggy Au Schatz, Detroit, USA
Ex Christie’s New York, 25 Nov. 1994, lot 184
Ex collection Bill & Carol Wolf, New Jersey, USA
Ex collection Donald Ellis, Ontario, Canada
Ex collection Guy Porré & Nathalie Chaboche, Paris
Publication
« Art of the Arctic, Reflections of the Unseen », Donald Ellis, 2016, pl. 72 p. 75
Exhibition
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit, USA, on long-term loan 1984-1995
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