Five Eskimo Whale Ivory Tools

Description:

Five Eskimo Whale Ivory Tools, Alaska, 19th century, a drilling tool mouthpiece with incised decorations, a bladder plug, a hook, and two toggles with leather strapping, lg. 3 3/4, 1 1/2, 1 1/2, 2, and 1 3/4 in.

Provenance: Dr. John Beach Driggs collection. Driggs was an Episcopal missionary physician and educator who served in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1890 and 1910. By family descent.
Estimate $100-150


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