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A Collection of Inuit Sculptures, including four tupilaks, of…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
1-Aug-2010
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A Collection of Inuit Sculptures, including four tupilaks, of marine bone, Greenland, 14-20 cm (5) Note: Originally tupilaks were made up of a bundle of bones, peat and animal skin and represented an imaginary animal. Since increased European contact in the late nineteenth century, the native people of Greenland have carved their distinctive tupilaks in wood, bone or marine ivory
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Unclassified