SPIRIT,Greenland Eskimo. An Eskimo tupilak depicting a standing mythical figure having extended walrus-like eye teeth, gazing upwards holding the head of a second figure with similar teeth, black-painted eyes. Carved whale's tooth. Circa 1950. Head repaired; crack in back of upper neck and point of head - 5 3/8 in. high. Estimate $1,200-1,400
PROVENANCE:
Images of the North, San Francisco Sale - October 7, 1991
