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Lot 380: A James Kivetoruk Moses artwork, bowhunter and polar bear

Est: $2,500 USD - $3,500 USDSold:
BonhamsLos Angeles, CA, USDecember 11, 2018

Item Overview

Description

A James Kivetoruk Moses artwork, bowhunter and polar bear
Inupiat/Inupiak, (1900-1982), untitled, depicting a bowhunter, his seal prey, and a confronting polar bear, mixed media on paper, signed lower left, matted and framed. size (sight) 10 1/4 x 18in

Attached to the back of the frame is an envelope with two notes. One, handwritten on cardboard reads: "Long time ago Eskimos got no gun they use bow and arrow harpoon Kill the Bear - Kivetoruk Moses". The other on paper in a different script: "Hunter w/drawn bow aimed at Polar Bear bloody seal, in middle snow & ice. 4/73 Kivetoruk Moses - 2 drawings - scarce - hold"

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

Native American Art

by
Bonhams
December 11, 2018, 11:00 AM PST

7601 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90046, US