A large fossilized Inuit bone maskette, Inuit; Alaska
Possibly Prehistoric; the maskette with simple classical features with narrow eyes beneath demarcated brows, long powerful nose and open mouth, scarification marks cut beneath the mouth in classical form. H. 7"
Comments: Property of a New England Private collector
Provenance: Purchased decades ago from a New England estate with ties to the whaling trade in the 19th Century.