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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  September 2016 Art & Antique Auction
• Sale Date:
  13 Sep 2016 ~ 9.30am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 465)
  13 Sep 2016 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 470 - 790)
• Lot #:
  52
• Lot Description:
  An Inuit serpentine carving
  of a hunter in a kayak with seal bodies on the deck, with bone paddle, harpoon, gaff and leather thongs. Length 300.
• Provenance:
  Gifted to the vendor's father, a doctor practicing between 1954-58 at the Mountain Sanatorium ('The San') an isolation hospital for tuberculosis (TB) at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Inuit patients who were resident for treatment periods of around two months used serpentine gathered from a lake and creeks within the grounds of The San, as material for these carvings, which were then gifted to staff in appreciation for their recovery from TB.
• Estimate:
  NZ$800 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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