Possibly Yup'ik and Possibly Iñupiaq
Small Box
Inuit, 1867-1899
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood, ivory, hide, 4 15/16 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (12.5 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm.)
Credit Line
John Erikson Collection
Object Number
1955.167.52
Purchased by John Erikson in Alaska ca. 1900
Blodgett, Jean, "The Coming and Going of the Shaman: Eskimo Shamanism and Art: The Winnipeg Art Gallery March 11- June 11, 1978," Winnipeg: The Gallery, c1979, pp 1-4.
Strutevant, William, "Handbook of North American Indians," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984, v 5: "Arctic," (D. Dumas. volume ed.), p 249, 268.
Smith, James G. E.
Smith, J. G. E., "Arctic Art: Eskimo Ivory," New York, N.Y.: Museum of the American Indian, c1980, p 55.
Sotheby's, "American Indian, African, and Oceanic Art," New York, April 29-30, 1983, cat no 113.
Sotheby's, "Important Tribal Art," London, July 3, 1989, cat no 29.
Sotheby's, "Fine American Indian Art," New York, October 17, 1996, sale 6896 "Beads," cat no 234.
Christie's, Art of the Americas from the Mrs. Nelly Van Den Abbeele Collection," Amsterdam, May 29, 2001, sale 2513, cat no 456.
Strutevant, William, "Handbook of North American Indians," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984, v 5: "Arctic," (D. Dumas. volume ed.), p 249, 268.
Smith, James G. E.
Smith, J. G. E., "Arctic Art: Eskimo Ivory," New York, N.Y.: Museum of the American Indian, c1980, p 55.
Sotheby's, "American Indian, African, and Oceanic Art," New York, April 29-30, 1983, cat no 113.
Sotheby's, "Important Tribal Art," London, July 3, 1989, cat no 29.
Sotheby's, "Fine American Indian Art," New York, October 17, 1996, sale 6896 "Beads," cat no 234.
Christie's, Art of the Americas from the Mrs. Nelly Van Den Abbeele Collection," Amsterdam, May 29, 2001, sale 2513, cat no 456.
Inscribed: 2 white labels with red borders: 1) black ink: '28'; 2) red ink, BMA receipt number: '3245-62'
