BYS-203478
Auction on Nov 11, 2026
Lot 67, Sotheby's, New York — Nov 11, 2026
Estimate: USD 3,000–5,000

A Thule Figure

Alaska

7.0 cm (2.8 in)

Provenance

Sales Results

Lot 67, Sotheby's, New York — Nov 11, 2026
Africa | Oceania | Americas
Estimate: USD 3,000–5,000

Publications

  • Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 2023, lot 92

  • William W. Fitzhugh, Julie Hollowell, and Aron L. Crowell, eds, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, Princeton, 2009, p. 114, fig. 5, p. 309, cat. no. 177 (as Punuk, circa 800 - 1400 AD)

Exhibitions

  • Princeton University Art Museum, Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, October 3, 2009 – January 10, 2010