Unsual Scrimshaw with Portrait of a Maori Chief
Sperm whale tooth
length 4 1/2in (11.4cm)
Provenance:
Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection, Hawaii
Decorated on the reverse with men in a canoe.
length 4 1/2in (11.4cm)
Provenance:
Leo and Lillian Fortess Collection, Hawaii
Decorated on the reverse with men in a canoe.
Sold for
US$ 2,750
inc. premium
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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Fredric Backlar
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African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art