* Eskimo Amulet
Alaska
Thule culture (18th century or earlier)
Walrus tooth
L. 4 cm
Provenance :
- Former collection Ernest Le Véel
- Former collection Bernard et Bertrand Bottet - Galerie Alain de Monbrison
- Galerie Maine Durieu
- Private collection, Paris
Publication :
- Pierre Amrouche, Marie-Laure Terrin-Amrouche, Collection Bernard et Bertrand Bottet, Paris, Éditions Amrouche, 2013, described under No. 3 of the "Eskimos" section of the first booklet of the Bottet collection Very beautiful amulet depicting a finely modeled whale: fins, tail, mouth and eyes faithfully depicted, a porthole crossing the body. The provenance and an old collection number that is difficult to read are inscribed on the belly in black ink. A lobe of the tail formerly broken and glued back.
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