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Lot 468
Sale 1053 - Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part I
Jun 9, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$3,125
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Lot Description
Aleutian Figural Needle Container
pre-1500
carved into a male figure, standing tall with crossed arms
height 3-1/2 inches
The figure is actually a hollow tube through which a piece of buckskin was threaded. A woman's needles, valuable and easily lost or misplaced, were stuck in buckskin, then the strip was pulled into the tube, where it held the needles snug and safe. (Hanson 1994: 256)
Published:
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 257, plate 266)
Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 257, plate 266)