Important Pair of Inupiaq Eskimo Labrets

$5,500.00

Walrus Ivory, Wood, and turquoise stones

19th Century

Labrets Diameter 1 /2"

Horn container height 4 7/8"

Provenance: By descent in the Nagozruk family, Alaska

A incredible opportunity to obtain a true masterpiece of art from the Arctic, this pair having belonged to Arthur Nagozruk a person of note  in his home village of Wales Alaska, having been passed down for decades. In the photo provided you can actually see these being worn by his uncle.

This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally, or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. We guarantee that the piece was made prior to 1972.

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Walrus Ivory, Wood, and turquoise stones

19th Century

Labrets Diameter 1 /2"

Horn container height 4 7/8"

Provenance: By descent in the Nagozruk family, Alaska

A incredible opportunity to obtain a true masterpiece of art from the Arctic, this pair having belonged to Arthur Nagozruk a person of note  in his home village of Wales Alaska, having been passed down for decades. In the photo provided you can actually see these being worn by his uncle.

This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally, or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. We guarantee that the piece was made prior to 1972.

INQUIRE HERE