01-24-200901-24-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2442Boston
January 24, 2009 10:00 AMCalender
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Pair of Prehistoric Carved Stone Ear Spools

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$5,925$5,000
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2442Location: BostonDate / Time: January 24, 2009 10:00AM

Description:

Pair of Prehistoric Carved Stone Ear Spools, Mississippian period, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, c. 1200-1400 A.D., the thin round forms with relief-carved six-point star devices on the front and projecting crescent shapes for attachment on the reverse, dia. 3 5/8 in.

Exhibitions: Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand, November 20, 2004-January 30, 2005, Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

Literature: Townsend and Walker, Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand, Art Institute of Chicago, p. 244, catalogue number 164, fig. 30.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Keywords

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, star devices, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, Saint Louis Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., Natural History, Walker