#1002 • Pacific North West Alaskan Inuit Bone Mask

Part of Professor’s Collection Part One: Pacific & Pre-Columbian Artifacts (live auction by Blue Box Auction Gallery)

High bid $140.00

Status: Sold

Estimated Value: $450-650 Origin: Inuit, northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska, Early 1900s Dimensions: 4.75x1.75x7 in.  Condition: Light wear and scuffs throughout the piece, one of the bone lip plugs is missing.  Additional Information: An Inuit bone carving, likely made of whale bone, depicting a male face with a mustache, holes for white bone lip blugs, and eyebrows painted on. The face has a poruous texture with various sized holes. The mask is bleived to be from the early 1900s and from Alaska. The mask is hand-carved