(ARTIF-603) You are bidding on an ancient RARE Wooden Tlinglit (or Lingit meaning people) Fishing Gaff, 5" long x 1" wide, 1-7/8" long metal hook, circa 1920's, by George Toosenuk from Sitka Alaska.
Average age of this artifact is circa 1920's, excavated legally from SE Alaskan Coast, by Native Yupik people who live there.
ALASKAN NATIVE HANDICRAFT.
THIS IS AN ANCIENT NATIVE ESKIMO ARTIFACT/HANDICRAFT tool or weapon. Native Yup'ik are a subsistence people..that means making their living from using every part of the whale, walrus or seal they hunt, and excavating artifacts from previous Eskimo villages on the island. It is 100% privately owned by the Native Yup'ik people, making their artifact excavation legal for them to sell.
For the serious and discerning Native Alaskan Eskimo artifact collector.
U.S. Shipping only for artifacts made with walrus ivory or whale bone (Marine Mammal Act). Sorry, no exceptions.
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