Clearance - Ethnographic, Asian and Antiques
By Scollard Auctions
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Mar 11, 2024
Brea, California, United States
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Clearance auction featuring a wide variety of ethnographic antiquities, arms and armour, Asian lots and varied antiques
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LOT 245:
Native Greenland Inuit (Inupiat) Peoples Doll, 20th c.
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Start price:
$
350
Estimated price :
$800 - $1,200
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sales tax: 7.75%
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Native Greenland Inuit (Inupiat) Peoples Doll, 20th c.
Doll crafted from various sections of cotton textile, beads, hair, and leather. The doll features a warm dressed male figure with headband and thick multilayered clothing, the boots decorated with red and blue traditional patterns of geometric shapes. Incredible bead work to shall in white, blue, violet and red beads. This particular examples seems to incorporate details known to the Greenland indigenous tribes and traditional dress worn by those greeting the arrival of tourist ships.
Native American, Artic Greenland dolls hold cultural and artistic significance within the diverse indigenous communities of artic Greenland. These dolls are often carry deep cultural, historical, and spiritual meanings. Different tribes and regions in Alaska have their own distinct doll-making traditions, each reflecting their unique way of life, environment, and heritage. Size 17 1/2" H
Condition: Both hands missing from doll, scratches to face, and wear to leather pants with minor staining.
